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Table III. — Submarine Temperatures op Inland Seas*. 
The Mediterranean. 
I. 
II. 
Date. 
III. 
Position. 
IY. 
Deptli 
in feet. 
Y. 
Temperature in 
degrees of Fahr. 
YI. 
Name of 
observer. 
YII. 
Remarks. 
At 
depth. 
Surface. 
Air. 
8 Oct., 1780.. 
Western Division. 
944 
69 
66 
Saussure 
1 Thermometers left down 12 
J hours. 
16 „ „ .. 
Off Cape della Causa, near Nice.. 
41° N. lat. 5°‘20E. long 
1918 
68-5 
58-5 
57-i 
569 
61-3 
22 Mar., 1829.. 
3204 
547 
57 - 6 
58 - 1 
D’Urville 
\ 
23 „ „ ... 
41° N. lat. 2°-20E. long 
1602 
1 
5- 
6 . 
27 Apr., 1826... 
27 „ 
40° N. lat.' 4°'50 E. long 
1602 
54'5 
623 
59 - 6 
657 
63-6 
63-8 
65-9 
6 0- 8 
293 
563 
7- 
5 May, „ 
8 „ 
1068 
54-2 
64-1 
63 
59 ' 2 
6 o ‘5 
6 o '8 
_ Between the coast of France 
and Straits of Gibraltar. 
1335 
57‘4 
21 „ 
106* 
565 
IO. 
9,9! 
106* 
61-3 
26 „ 
119* 
58-3 
3 June ,, 
112 * 
59'2 
55-4 
627 
69-8 
737 
797 
797 
8 o -8 
66*5 
75 ' 2 
74‘3 
83-2 
13 . 
14 . 
15 . 
26 June, 1831 . . . 
Between Mahon and Algiers 
6408 
Berard 
> 
27 
3204 
55-4 
23 July, 1832... 
14 miles N.E. of Bougie 
3850 
557 
16 . 
9 Aug., „ 
10 miles N. of Bougie 
267 
56-3 
17 . 
23 „ 
8 miles E.N.E. of Bougie 
267 
55'4 
89-9 
737 
75"2 
72 
607 
59 
Between the Balearic Isles 
and Algeria. 
18 . 
23 Oct., „ 
40 o, 41 N. lat. 2°-10 E. long 
373 
58'8 
70-8 
7 2 
68 
19 . 
213 
618 
20 . 
106 
69 
21 . 
15 Nov., 1831... 
Off Cape St. Martin 
3204 
55-4 
67-1 
5 8 '3 
74'5 
22 . 
4005 
55 ’4 
July, 1844... 
Between Marseilles and Algiers . . . 
3 
73-4 
Aime 
24 . 
33 
68 
25 . 
49 
662 
Mean of July (evening) ob- 
servations. The mean tem- 
[ perature of the air in July 
26 . 
65 
65'5 
27 . 
82 
644 
| is 75°. 
28 . 
98 
63 - 5 
J 
29 . 
Mar., 1844... 
3 
57-4 
57'5 
Aime 
3°. 
6£ 
57-2 
31 . 
33 
57 
Mean of March (evening) ob- 
servations. The mean tem- 
perature of the air in March 
32 . 
46 
56-8 
33- 
59 
56’6 
is 58°'l. 
34- 
566 
35- 
' 1841-1844 ... 
f Between Marseilles and Algiers ; 
\ exact position not specified . . . 
82 
61-3 
647 
644 
Aime 
36 . 
164 
58 
These numbers give the mean 
I annual temperatures result- 
[ ing from the total of his 
observations. 
37- 
328 
56-7 
3 s *. 
656 
55-4 
39- 
1148 
54-6 
) 
” 
* A few observations of D’Urville, marked thus, have F affixed in the original. Possibly this may mark “ Fathoms; ” but in 
the absence of information the reduction is for “ Brasses,” which is the measure he otherwise used. 
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