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the ships therm. read from 1/4 to 1/2 a degree too high. In the air the difference appeared greater. The ships therm read half a degree higher between 32 & 60 but the difficulty of placing two thermometers one with a metallic case & one without, under the same conditions in the draughts & currents of air on board ship lead me to place more reliance on the test by water. Clean instruments. [[line]] Nov. 4 Saturday [[line]] Gale from SW & snowstorm Bar. 29.170. Ther. 30. 28 min [[line]] Sunday Nov. 5 [[line]] Day cloudy squally & snowy. Bar. 29.986 Ther. 32 min 28, SW [[line]] Monday Nov. 6 [[line]] Day squally with rain. Bar. 30.076 Ther. 34. min 28. SE. [[end page]] [[start page]] Parallel readings of thermometers Ships Standard 57° 1/4 57 57 1/4 57 57 56 3/4 In air. 58 1/2 58 1/4 57 56 1/2 59 58 1/2 34 1/2 34 32 1/2 32 Note { In air outdoors reads even with the standard nearly