book o r f u r b o n n e t , th a t p r e v en te d th e f r o f t from n ip p in g my
. IV’ ■ e a r s ,
Meteorological Journal during four months, O. S. from the Obfemtions in the Academy
o f Sciences at St. Peteriburgh, 1778.
O ft. i cloudy, ihow in great quantity 16 clear
cloudy, fnow 17
3 cloudy, fnow 28 fnow
4 partly clear, partly fnow 29 cloudy
s cloudy, fnpw, windy W . 20 cloudy, fnow
6 ’ fnow 21 foggy, rain
7 cloudy, fnow and rain 2.2 cloudy, rain
S 23
9 fnow, windy S. W. 24
10 lorray S. W . 25 clear
21 rain 26 clear
2-2cloudy, fnow, windy S. 27 clear
*3 windy N . W . 28 cloudy
J4 cloudy, violent rain, ftormy S. 29 cloudy, fnow
IS cloudy, fnow, windy S. W. 3°
1 3r clogdy, fnow
Nov.’" 1 windy S’. E. fnow Nov. 16 cieariih
2, windy S. E. .cloudy J 7windy S. E . cloudy
.3 windy S. E . cloudy, fnow ' 18 cloudy, rain
4 windy S. cloudy, fnow in great quant. *9 windy S. E. cloudy, fnow
5 cloudy, fnow in great quantity 20 cloudy, fnow
6 cloudy, fnow in great quantity 21 cloudy, fnow
7 cloudy, fnow 22 cloudy, foggy, fnow
8 cloudy, fnow , 23 cloudy *
9 windy N . W. 24 cloudy, foggy
20 windy N . W- fnow *5 cieariih
21 cloudy, fnow 26 windy S. E . cieariih
22 windy S. E. clearifh, fnow 27 ftormy S. cloudy
13 cloudy, ftormy S. W . rain, fnow 28 cloudy, fnow
14 cloudy 29 windy 29 N . cieariih
15 cieariih 30 windy 30 N . W . cieariih
Dec. 1 cloudy, lnow, ftormy S. W. Dec. 16 clear, ftormy W .
cloudy, fnow 17rain, fnow
cloudy, rain, fnow 18 rain, fnow, windy S..
cloudy 19 fnow, windy S.
cloudy, much fnow, windy N . E . . 1 30much fnow, windy S. R.
windy N . W . 21 cloudy
clear 22 windy N . E.
cloudy, rain, fnow, ftormy S. W. 23 fnow, windy W .
wind fluffed to E. 24 cloudy, lnow
cloudy, ftormy W. 2 5 cloudy, fnow
IC cloudy, foggy» ftormy W. 26 fnow, ftormy S. E.
2 windy W . 27 clear
H fnow, windy N . W . 2I
1_ windy N. W . 2Ccloudy, fnow, windy N . W.
14 windy N . w . 3C clear, fnow, windy W .
1 3 much; fnow, windy W.
ears, the part which I found the moil liable to be affected, c h a p .
During three days, namely, on the pth, xoth, and 1 1 th o f ^ L j
January, the frpft was nearly as intenfe * as it had ever
been felt at Peteriburgh; the mercury in the thermometer
falling at one time to 63 below freezing point, or -— 31.
This cold, however, did not detain me at home, but I walked
out, as ufual, with no other precaution than my pelijfe,
boots, and cap, and found it by no means unpleafant, as the
fun ihone with great brightnefs. As I traverfed the city
on the morning o f the 1 2th, I obferved feveral perfons whofe
faces had been bitten by the froft : their cheeks had large
icars, and appeared as if they had been finged with an hot
iron. As I was wa'king with an Engliffi gentleman, who,
inftead o f a fur cap, had put on a common hat, his ears were
fuddenly ¡frozen s he felt no pain, and would not have
perceived it for ionae time, i f a Ruffian, in paffing by, had
not informed him of it +, and affifted him in rubbing the
part affedted with fnow, by which means it wras inftantly
Jam fnow, ft or ray S. W.
fnow
foggy, fnow
ftio'w
cloudy, fnow, windy S. W.
windy N .
fnow, windy N.
clear
foggy, clear
clear
clear, foggy
foggy
cloudy, windy S.
cloudy, fnow
cloudy, windy S. W.
* T h e winter in wh ich profeflbr Braun
congeled quick filver, the cold was fo in-
t?nfe, that De ¡Life's Tl^erraometerfunk to
204 = in F ah re jih e it’ s to ?— 33, o r 65 b e-
V ol. i . q
Jan. rbjeloudy, ftormy S. W .
jylcloudy, fnow, wmdy S. W .
iScloudy, foggy
'igcloudy, fnow, windy W .
20 cloudy, fnow, ftormy-S, ..W*
2 r jcloudy, fnow, windy S. W .
1 2 fnow"
2r foggy
24,'clouay, fn dw '
2,5 ftormy W.
2 6 cloudy, windy W.
2 7 fnow
» 1 .
29[foggy, windy W.
30 ftorray N-. 'W.
31 Iclear
„low freezing point.
t T h e part frozeh always turns quite
¡white, a iymptqm well known, and imrae-.
diately perceived by the Ruffians.
<1 <1 recovered.