INTRODUCTION. 
Comparative Table of Mean Temperatures. 
K 
< 
W 
¥* 
d 
S 
s 
Summer. 
Autumn. 
Winter. 
o 
o 
O 
O 
O 
State, 
59 
57 
77 
59 
41 
Middle Division, 
58 
57 
77 
59 
40 
Raleigh, 
59 
58 
78 
60 
40 
Oxford, 
58 
57 
78 
5S 
40 
Marseilles, France, 
58 
56 
73 
59 
45 
Madrid, Spain, 
58 
56 
74 
57 
44 
Florence, Italy, 
59 
58 
75 
60 
44 
Eastern Division, 
60 
59 
79 
61 
44 
Poplar Branch, 
60 
57 
79 
62 
43 
Naples, Italy, 
60 
58 
74 
61 
48 
Western Division, 
53 
52 
70 
52 
37 
Ashevile, 
54 
53 
72 
54 
38' 
Bakersville, 
52 
51 
71 
52 
36 
Paris, France, 
51 
51 
65 
52 
38 
Dijon, France, 
53 
53 
70 
53 
35 
Venice, Italy, 
55 
55 
73 
56 
38 
Smith ville, 
66 
64 
80 
67 
50 
Mobile, Ala., 
66 
67 
79 
66 
52 
Natchez, Miss., 
66 
67 
80 
67 
51 
Austin, Texas, 
67 
68 
81 
68 
49 
Nicolosi, Sicily, 
64 
62 
79 
66 
51 
Alexandria, Eg’pt, 
67 
66 
78 
74 
5S 
Jerusalem, Syria, 
63 
60 
74 
66 
50 
Nagasaki, Japan, 
63 
60 
80 
66 
45 
Boone, 
49 
47 
68 
48 
32 
Cambridge, Mass., 
50 
48 
70 
52 
31 
West Point, N. Y., 
51 
49 
71 
53 
30 
Chicago, Illinois, 
47 
45 
67 
49 
26 
Dubuque, Iowa, 
49 
50 
72 
52 
22 
Berlin, Prussia, 
48 
47 
65 
49 
31 
Munich, Germany, 
4S 
48 
64 
49 
32 
Vienna, Austria, . 
51 
52 
69 
51 
32 
