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Thermometrical observation shewing also the rise and fall of the Mississippi, [2] appearances of weather winds &c at the mouth of the river Dubois commencing 1st Jany 1804. in Longitude 89° 57' 45" W. Latitude 38° 55' 19.6" N. Thermometer on the N. Side of a large tree in the woods
In the miscellanious column or column of remarks are noted, the appearance quantity and thickness of the floating or stationary ice, the appearance and quantity of drift-wood, 〈the rapidity of the courent of the river below the mouth of the missouri, the falling of the banks—〉 the appearance of birds, reptiles and insects, in the spring disappearance in the fall, leafing flowering and seeding of plants, fall of leaf, access and recess of frost, debth of snows, their duration or disappearance. 〈Longitude and Latd.〉 [3]
1—By two experiments made with Ferenheit's Thermometer which I used in these observations, I asscertained it's error to be 11° [5] too low or additive +— I tested it with water and snow mixed for the friezing point, and boiling water for—the point marked boiling water.—
Note [6] when there is not room in the column for the necessary remarks it is transferred by the refference of Numbers to an adjoining part of this book—
| day of month 1804 |
Therm. at ☉ rise |
weather | wind | Therm. at 4 oClock |
weather | wind | River rise or fall |
F I. |
| Jany 1 | Cloudy | Cloudy | ||||||
| " 2 | C a S | C | ||||||
| " 3 | 2 ½ a o | f | NW.W | |||||
| 4 | 11 a 0 | f | W | W | ||||
| 5 | f | W | f | W | ||||
| 6 | f | W N W | 30 a 0 | f | W N W | |||
| 7 [7] | h | S W | c & r | S W | ||||
| 8 | f | S W | f | N W | ||||
| 9 | f | W N W | 1 b. 0 | c | W N W | |||
| 10 | f | f | 6 | |||||
| 11 | ||||||||
| 12 | ||||||||
| 13 | c & s | S W | o | r & s | S W | |||
| 14 | f a s | f | ||||||
| 15 | ||||||||
| 16 | ||||||||
| 17 [8] | 8 b. 0 | f | N W | 1 ½ b. 0 | N W | f | 6 | |
| 18 | 1 b o | c | N W W | 1 a 0 | s & f | N N W | f | |
| 19 | 13 a 0 | c | N W | 11 a o | c | N W | f | |
| 20 | 5 b 0 | f | N W | 8 a 0 | C | N W | f | |
| 21 | 7 a 0 | c & s | N E | 17 a 0 | s & h | N E | f | |
| 22 [9] | 11 a 0 | S | shfty. | 13 a 0 | s | N W | f | |
| 23 | 11 a 0 | c | N E | 17 a 0 | c | N | f | |
| 24 | 4 a 0 | c | N W | 11 a 0 | c | W | f | |
| 25 [10] | 2 b 0 | f | W N W | 16 a 0 | f | W | f | |
| 26 | c | S W | c | S W | f | |||
| 27 | f | f | ||||||
| 28 | 5 a 0 | C. s | N W | 18 a 0 | c a s | N W | r | |
| 29 | 16 a. 0 | f | W | 23 a 0 | f | r | ||
| 30 | 22 a 0 | c & s | N | 16 a 0 | f a s | r | ||
| 31 | 10 a 0 | f | S W by W | 15 a 0 | f | w | r |
| Jany 1 | Snow 1 Inch Deep |
| " 2 | Snow last night inconsiderable |
| " 3 | wind blew hard |
| " 4 | river Covered with ice out of the Missouries |
| " 5 | the River a Dubois rise a little |
| " 6 | ditto do |
| " 7 | do do |
| " 8 | Ice run down the little river [Dubois] |
| " 9 | Snow last night |
| " 10 | Missouri rise |
| " 11 | W C very sick [12] |
| " 12 | do |
| " 13 | Snow'd last night |
| " 14 | do do |
| " 15 | W C Sick |
| " 16 | do |
| " 17 | river falls & full of Ice 5½ In. thick |
| " 18 | do |
| " 19 | no ice running |
| " 20 | Ice running out of the Missippi 9 In thick [13] |
| " 21 | Snow 2½ In Deep [14] |
| " 22 | do 5¾ In Deep Ice runing down the Missouri, [15] |
| " 23 | Ice Stoped |
| " 24 | The Trees covered with ice to day |
| " 25 | Some ice [16] |
| " 26 | warm Day |
| " 27 | do do |
| " 28 | cold & Ice runing |
| " 29 | no Ice running |
| " 30 | Capt. Lewis arrive [17] |
| " 31 | Ice run a little |
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