The Southern Planter, Vol. 19

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Excerpt from The Southern Planter, Vol. 19: Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and the Household Arts, July 1859In regard to meteorology, this system fur nished reliable data for the great movements of the atmosphere, and the changes in its thermal and hygrometric condition. But, to obtain a, more minute knowledge of the special climatology of different countries, it is necessary that a series of observations, at a great many places, should be continued through a 'nnmber of years, and at stated periods of the day - not as frequent as those of the observations we have mentioned, but embracing as many elements, and even add ing to these, as new facts may be developed, or new views entertained. In many coun tries, accordingly, provision has been made, by their respective governments, for contin ued though local systems of this kind. The government of Prussia appears to have taken the lead in this important labor, and its ex ample has been followed by those of Great Britain, Russia, Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Holland and France In these countries, regular andu continuous observations 'are made, with reliable instruments, on well-di gested plans.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.