XXVI.—Observations on the Temperature of the Ground at Trevandrum, in India, from May 1842 to December 1845

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My Dear Sir,—I have taken the opportunity of a short visit to England to bring with me a complete copy, to the end of 1845, of the Observations of Terrestrial Temperature, made at Trevandrum (of which I have already sent you a partial account), and which I have now the pleasure to forward to you herewith, to be dealt with in any way you may think proper. Should you think them worthy of presentation to the Royal Society of Edinburgh for publication in their Transactions, it will be gratifying to me. The observations made with the 12 feet thermometer are now at an end, in consequence of the fracture of the instrument during a high wind last year; but, after rejecting those made immediately on the introduction of the instruments, say all those of 1842, there will still remain three entire years of trustworthy readings, which I hope may be found to be sufficient for any purpose for which such observations in a tropical region may have been considered desirable.