Dr. dobson’s Obfervatlons on 
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TABLE IV. 
A comparative view of the evaporation, rain, winds, and 
temperature of the air, during the year 1775. 
|T e mp. 
Winds. 
Evaporat. 
Rain. 
Seafor.s. 
January 
C * 
441 
", , , 
* *3.21 
] E. 7.IO 
February 
49 
.... 
3.02 
4.62 
r r. 10.28 
March 
48! 
• • + 
2.57 
’ ' 2-45 
' T. 47 f. 
April 
571 
• • • 
3.21 * 
I.OI 
] E - 15-09 
May 
61 
... 
5.02 
'0.85 
f R - 3 - 9 8 
June 
702 
♦ • • 
6. 86 
2.12 
J T.63. 
July 
681 
5-03 
1 E. I2.5O 
Auguft 
66 1 
4.42 
4.26 
i R. 12.57 
September 
6 5 
# * 
3 °5 
4 00 
J T. 56J. 
October 
541 
• • • 
2.12 
7.01 
j E * 5-27 
November 
45 
I » 
1.63 
3-°3 
.R. 13.39 
December 
48 J 
1*52 
3*35 
. T. 49J. 
54 
-39 96 
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OBSERVATIONS. 
I. It is evident from thefe tables, whether we attend 
to feparate months, feafons, or years, that the depth of 
rain is a very erroneous index of the moifture or drynefs 
of the atmofphere. On comparing the two months July 
and Auguft of the year 1772, it appears that the tem- 
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