Report of the Council of the American Geographical and Statistical Society, for 1857 First Annual Report of the Cooper Union, for the Advancement of Science and Art...... From the CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Fourth Annual Report of the Chicago Reformatory School. 1859 VOLS. 1* 2* ....... 1* From the AUTHOR. Croft's Practical Chemistry III. The following Papers were read : 1 1. By Sandford Fleming, Esq., C.E.: "On some improved varieties of Rail-joints." 2. By Prof. Hind, M.A.: On the Manufacture of Shale Oil from the Utica Slate of Collingwood." 3. By C. Fuller, Esq.: "On the Processes and Results of Chromo-Lithography, illustrated by Drawings and Specimens of the process in all its stages." TENTH ORDINARY MEETING-25th February, 1860. Prof. WILSON, LL.D., President, in the Chair. I. The following Papers were read: 1. By the Rev. W. S. Darling : 'Remarks on the Manuscripts of the Middle Ages." 2. By the Rev. Prof. G. P. Young, M.A.: "On the relation which can be proved to subsist between the area of a plane triangle and the sum of the angles, on the hypothesis that Euclid's eleventh axiom in any case fails.". 3. By the Hon. G. W. Allan, M.L.C.: "Notes on some of the different Races composing the population of the Nile Valley. Illustrated by coloured drawings procured by the Author when in Egypt." ELEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING- Prof. WILSON, LL.D., President, in the Chair. I. The following Papers were read: 1. By T. C. Wallbridge, Esq.: "On some ancient Mounds on the shores of the Bay of Quinté." 2. By W. Graeme Tomkins, Esq., C.E.: "On the thickness of the Earth's crust." 3. By P. Freeland, Esq.: "Notes on some specimens of Diatomaces, collected on the St. Lawrence." Illustrated by Microscopical specimens. VOL. V. Y MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, AT THE PROVINCIAL MAGNETICAL OBSERVATORY, TORONTO, CANADA WEST,-FEBRUARY, 1860. Latitude-43 deg. 39.4 min. North. Longitude-5 h. 17 m. 33 s. West. Elevation above Lake Ontario, 108 feet. Barom. at temp. of 32°. Temp. of the Air. | Day. 6 A.M. 2P.M. 10 P.M. Mean. 6 A.M2 P.M 10PM ME'N Average A.M P.M. P.M. M'NA.M Excess Tens. of Vapour. Humidity of Air. Direction of Wind. Resul't. Velocity of Wind. 6 6 2 10 Rain in inches. in inches. о 6 195418849 4 29.920 .268 .869 .666 10 11 .657 .572 .532 21 .669 .720 30.038 30.042 30.080 30.0422-8.4 8.6 5.0 1.70-22.18.027.041.044.037 .88 .64 .79 .73 NbE Highest Barometer Lowest Barometer REMARKS ON TORONTO METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER FOR FEBRUARY, 1860. 30.136 at midnight on 2nd, Monthly range= Great change of temperature from 2 p. m. of 9th to 8 a. m. of 10th. Range in 18 The mean Temperature for the month of February, 1860, was exactly the average Resultant direction, N 61° W; Resultant Velocity, 3.28 miles per hour. 40.6 miles per hour, from 8 to 9 p.m. on the 9th. Least windy day 1st. Lunar Halo and Corona from 7.30 to midnight (very perfect.)-3rd. Lunar The Resultant Direction and Velocity of the Wind for the month of February, from MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, AT THE PROVINCIAL MAGNETICAL OBSERVATORY, TORONTO, CANADA WEST-MARCH, 1860. M 25.6 38.9 REMARKS ON TORONTO METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER FOR MARCH. The Resultant Direction and Velocity of the Wind for the month of March, from 1848 to 1860 inclusive, were respectively N 61° W, and 3.58 miles. The month of March, 1860, was warm, dry, and very windy. The Mean Temperature was 4°19 above the average of the last 21 years. The depth of rain was 0.637 inches, and the depth of snow 6.47 inches less than The Mean Velocity of the Wind for the month, was not only the greatest for any |