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... means by which the great mortality could be effectually diminished would be welcomed by you , -and that gradual and efficient remedies would willingly be adopted by you to re- move the evils pointed out , I beg respectfully to submit ...
... means by which the great mortality could be effectually diminished would be welcomed by you , -and that gradual and efficient remedies would willingly be adopted by you to re- move the evils pointed out , I beg respectfully to submit ...
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... means are necessary for their prevention and removal , are sub- jects which have not received detailed consideration . It is for the purpose of supplying this desideratum that I have ventured to undertake the publication of the.
... means are necessary for their prevention and removal , are sub- jects which have not received detailed consideration . It is for the purpose of supplying this desideratum that I have ventured to undertake the publication of the.
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... means " of the " sums . " Barometrical observations must be recorded to the third decimal place ; thermometrical , to the first decimal . When the readings are exactly to the inch or degree , the places for the decimals must be filled ...
... means " of the " sums . " Barometrical observations must be recorded to the third decimal place ; thermometrical , to the first decimal . When the readings are exactly to the inch or degree , the places for the decimals must be filled ...
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... mean degree of density , persistent during night , and disappearing at sunrise . INTERMEDIATE AND COMPOUND MODIFICATIONS . 1. Cirro - cumulus . - Small , roundish , well - defined masses , in close horizontal arrangement or contact ...
... mean degree of density , persistent during night , and disappearing at sunrise . INTERMEDIATE AND COMPOUND MODIFICATIONS . 1. Cirro - cumulus . - Small , roundish , well - defined masses , in close horizontal arrangement or contact ...
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... mean of the month was 78 ° .94 . MAXIMUM OBSERVATIONS . - Morning - 23rd and 30th , 77 ° . Noon -31st , 91 ° ; 29th , 90 ° . Evening - 31st , 95 ° ; 29th , 93 ° . MEDIUM OBSERVATIONS . - Morning -- 2nd , 10th , 11th , 12th , 21st , 24th ...
... mean of the month was 78 ° .94 . MAXIMUM OBSERVATIONS . - Morning - 23rd and 30th , 77 ° . Noon -31st , 91 ° ; 29th , 90 ° . Evening - 31st , 95 ° ; 29th , 93 ° . MEDIUM OBSERVATIONS . - Morning -- 2nd , 10th , 11th , 12th , 21st , 24th ...
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A.M. Noon Accra acid amongst Amount of Cloud April aqueous vapour atmosphere August barometer Bathurst Bight of Benin blows boiling Camaroon Cape Cape Coast cloth Cloudy Days Coast of Africa cold colony commences Daily Dew-Point diarrhoea directions disease dysentery earth Edition effects elevation Evening-2nd Evening-5th Fair-Days Fcap feet Freetown Gold Coast harmattan harmattan wind healthy heat height Hygrometer inches increased inhabitants interior July June lagoon Lagos Liberia lightning M'Carthy's Island matter MAXIMUM OBSERVATIONS.-Morning-2nd Medical MEDIUM OBSERVATIONS.-Morning-4th mercury MILITARY HOSPITAL month morning mountains native night Noon-1st Noon-2nd Noon-4th OBSERVATIONS.-At OBSERVATIONS.-Morning-1st OBSERVATIONS.-Morning-3rd OBSERVATIONS.-Morning-7th ozone Ozonometer Post 8vo produced quantity of ozone quinine rainy season RIVER GAMBIA sanitary Saturation sea breeze Senegal September Sierra Leone soil south-west St Mary's stations surface temperature thermometer THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS thunder tion tornado town tropical climates unhealthy vegetable weather West Coast Western Africa Wet Bulb Wet-Days whilst yellow fever
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