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Antiqua
Antiqua; Spaltensatz.
made some interesting observations on the motion
of the barometer near the
says he, in the Transactions of the
ciety, that the barometer rises and falls there re-
gularly every 24 hours. Here, in South Ame-
rica, its motion is more astonishing. There are
4 atmospherical tides every 24 hours, which de-
pend only on the attraction of the sun. The
mercury falls from 9 o’clock in the morning till
4 o’clock in the evening. It rises from 4 till
11 o’clock; it falls from 11 o’clock till
the morning; it re-ascends from that time till 9
o’clock; neither winds, storms, nor earthquakes,
have any influence on this motion. This fact
goes a great way towards proving the general
truth of Mr. Howard’s theory.