E x tra d from a Meteorological Journal kept at Uleaborg, under
05° l ' 30" North Latitude, by J. Julin.-
D EG REE S o r C E L S IU S ’ S T H E RM O M E T E R .
Greateft ]
Heat,
Greatelt
.Cold. —
f 21°
22
22
21
20
20
23
20
17
25
27
25
29
30
26
24
28
27
30
27
31
f 24° 8 '
— 29°
27
22
27
29
31
30
30
32
31
34 ‘
34
28
21
33
32
24
34
31
21
31
40
Middle Middle Middle I
H e a t . - C o l d . - —. Temperai.
-30° 6 ‘
t 7°
7
6
6
9
6
9
11
21
12
16
11
11
13
13
13
12°
12
13
12
15
15'
10
15
12
11
11
10
20
20
16
14
19
16
16
— 0° 9'
2 2
2 5
0 9
3 4
3 0
0 1
2 5
1 9
-jr 0 5
t 1 o
t 1 9
t 0 9
t 1 «
f 2 7
t 3 1
t 1 7
f 2 1
t 4 0
f 10° O' j —14° O' t °° 2
The middle height o f the barometer,
for the whole year, is
25 inches, and 29 decimal
lines.
The middle height of the water
descending from the atmosphere
amounts to 13§
inches in the year j which is
upon an average thus calculated
for the four seasons, viz.
For Winter 6 deg. 0 min.
Spring 2 0
Summer 5 1
Autumn 0 5
The middle temperature o f the
fo u r seasons is, according to a
mean proportion of twelve
years,, as follows:
Winter 10 deg. cold —
Spring 6 deg. warm f
Summer 15 deg. warm-j*
Autum 6 deg. warm
N. B. The sign ( f ) signifies
warmth, or that the thermometer
is above the freez-.
ing point.
The sign (—) denotes cold,,
or that the thermometer is
below 0.
CH A P T E R X IX.
Stay at Uleaborg protraSled longer than was intended; Reafons af-
Jigned fo r it-ln te re jlin g Individuals mentioned— Curious Experiments
with Animal Magnetifm: RefleSlions on the extraordinary
Phenomena produced by it— Advantages attending a Refidence^ in
fm all Country Towns— Hofpitality at Uleaborg-Spirit o f Society
at that Place— Singular Mode o f Jhewing Regard and Frtendjhip
, fo r a Stranger.
T T was our firft intention to remain at Uleaborg only five days,
A and by availing ourfelves, whilft the feafon permitted, o f the
ufe o f the fledge, to pufli our travels with the utmofl: expedition
as far northward as poffible, fo as to return in fummer, that we
might thus have furveyed the country in both feafons, and wit-
neffed the interefting procefs and ftrange fpeftacle o f an almoft
momentary tranfition from winter to fummer. W e might have
beheld the whole furface o f the ground covered with ice and
fn ow ; have travelled with the rein-deer and roving Laplander;
and in the fpace o f two weeks have obferved the ice melt, the
fnow vanilh, the Laplander retire into his mountains, leaves and
flowers fpring up, and the whole fyftem o f vegetation difplay it-
felf in all its beauty. This pifture,. which we rehlhed fo highly
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