TEMPERATURE OF SOILS, 
233 
TABLE CONCLUDED. 
DAY. 
HOUR. 
AIR. 
EARTH 
OBSERVATIONS. 
DAY. 
HOUR. 
AIR. 
EARTH 
OBSERVATIONS. 
1844, SEPTEMBER. 
1844, OCTOB1 
2R. 
ll 
1 P M 
72 
60 
21 
7AM 
23 
33 
7PM 
58 
58 
3PM 
40 
40 
Hazy. 
13 
2PM 
70 
65 
23 
7AM 
40 
42 
• o 
7PM 
66 
62 
Overcast. 
24 
7AM 
34 
40 
Hazy. 
14 
7AM 
58 
61 
Sultry; still. 
25 
7AM 
35 
42 
Clear. 
1 P M 
76 
63 
26 
7AM 
42 
46 
Night rain. 
15 
7AM 
61 
60 
27 
7AM 
46 
45 
Hazy. 
12 M 
77 
64 
28 
7 A M 
30 
39 
No frost. 
. . 
2PM 
77 
64 
29 
7AM 
35 
35 
Hard rain. 
e . 
7PM 
70 
64 
30 
7AM 
35 
35 
16 
7AM 
58 
59 
31 
7AM 
40 
36 
* • 
12 M 
80 
64 
. . 
5PM 
88 
65 
1844, NOVEMBER. 
• • 
9PM 
68 
64 
Clear; still. Grass 
3 
12 M 
49 
39 
plat 60°; surface 
4 
12 M 
40 
39j 
earth 64°. 
5 
7, 8 A M 
33 
38 
17 
7AM 
58 
61i 
Fo ggy- 
6 
8AM 
35 
37 
West wind; cloudy. 
. . 
7PM 
66 
64 
Clear. 
7 
8AM 
43 
38 
18 
7AM 
56 
60 
Clear. Earth 69° on 
8 
8AM 
40 
40 
Hazy. 
a sunny side. 
9 
7i A M 
32 
36 
Hazy. 
12 M 
78 
63 
10 
8 A M 
24 
32 
Clear. 
8PM 
63 
63 
Wind west moderate. 
12 M 
44 
35 
19 
7AM 
54 
58 
Clear. 
4PM 
44 
38 
Wind east moderate. 
12 M 
79 
62 
11 
8AM 
42 
38 
Thunder; rain at 10 
7PM 
68 
62 
Wind SW moderate. 
P. M. Wind east. 
20 
7AM 
54 
58 
Even’g. 
49 
40 
Earth saturated with 
1 P M 
82 
62 
Windy. 
water. 
„ .. 
8PM 
70 
64 
Slight breeze. 
12 
7 AM 
36 
39 
Clear. 
21 
6 AM 
60 
/ 62 
Clear; slight breeze. 
13 
8AM 
42 
42 
. . 
12 M 
83 
65 
14 
7AM 
28 
® 33 
Clear. Earth frozen 
6PM 
72 
65 
Wind SE. 
at the surface. 
22 
12 M 
45 
56 
Thunder with rain. 
16 
7AM 
26 
30 
6 PM 
56 
54 
17 
7AM 
25 
30 
Clear. 
23 
6 AM 
32 
50 
Frost. 
, , 
1 P M 
46 
32 § 
Hazy. 
24 
8j AM 
49 
48 
. . 
6PM 
43 
36 
South wind all day. 
25 
7 AM 
52 
52 
Cloudy. 
18 
9AM 
26 
30 
26 
7AM 
42 
52 
Cloudy. 
1 P M 
54 
50 
1845, APRIL 
27 
7AM 
32 
46 
13 
1 P M 
54 
44 
Depth, 6-7 inches. 
31 
8AM 
37 
39 | 
Earth had been ex- 
posed all day to the 
1844, OCTOBER. 
sun. 
4 
7AM 
50 
49 
Rain. 
20 
7AM 
44 
40 
Rain and cloudy. 
10 
7AM 
44 
45 
Wind east. 
2PM 
66 
50 
21 
7AM 
52 
47 
Clear. 
11 
7AM 
34 
44 
Rained in the night. 
24 
7AM 
64 
58 
15 
7AM 
50 
47 
South wind. 
25 
7PM 
58 
52 
Rain. 
16 
7AM 
40 
44 
Rain. 
27 
2PM 
58 
52 
Hazy. Wind SE. 
17 
7AM 
50 
51 
28 
2PM 
55 
48 
Wind south. 
19 
7AM 
48 
50 
Rain moderate. 
29 
7AM 
62 
56 
Clear. Wind west. 
20 
12 M 
42 
40 
Clear. Wind west. 
30 
7PM 
56 
50 
Wind south; chilly. 
It will be seen from the foregoing observations, that the greatest difference between the 
temperature of the earth and the air occurs in the spring. The earth acquires the proper 
temperature for the coming vegetation rather slowly, in consequence of the evaporation 
required in order to dry it sufficiently. In the autumn, in September and October, it seems 
to have acquired a stock of caloric sufficient to expend for some time without exhaustion, 
while at the same time it operates favorably in sustaining the proper temperature for the 
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