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Antiqua
Antiqua (mit lang-s); Spaltensatz.
has made ſome intereſting obſervations on the
motion of the barometer near the
have read,” ſays he, “in the tranſactions
of the
falls there regularly every 24 hours. Here, in
There are four atmoſpherical tides every 24
hours, which depend only on the attraction of
the ſun. The mercury falls from nine o’clock
in the morning till four o’clock in the evening.
It riſes from four till eleven o’clock; it falls
from eleven o’clock till half paſt four in the
morning; it reaſcends from that time till nine
o’clock: neither winds, ſtorms, nor earthquakes,
have any influence on this motion.”