458 Mr. Wilson’s Account of . mojl 
, 
to leeward of the common ftation, and the thermometer 
laid on the furface of this fnow. 
At 3 o’clock in the morning, thermometer! _ 0 
on the bafket pointed to 
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4t 
5 
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-15 
- 16-t 
-18 
-18 
-18 
-18 
experiment iil 
At four o’clock in the morning, when the thermome- 
ter in the bafket had got down to - 1 6°, a piece of thin 
fir plank about a foot fquare was laid on the fnow, upon 
which was placed a fmall plate of tin which accidentally 
lay at hand. Upon this was laid one of the thermometers 
which had been hanging in the air. 
At 5 o’clock, therm, on the plate pointed to -16 
6 ..«••« 1 8 
At feven this morning ProfefTor anderson made us a 
vifit, and had the fatisfadlion of feeing the thermometers 
wbilft they indicated fuch an extraordinary degree of 
cold. 
