Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-29


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To be continued
The Thermometer An article has an-
peareJ: ii tbs transactions 0; the AMERICAN
Piliis. optical Society, ending to prove
that she casose il the ,hsrmomeler, always
indicates an approach 20 iaaei. The fol
lowing is an extract from IL
= On the 22d Of August, late il the
evening, The water ieii IN temperature four
degrees 70 Ell; OH the next day at noon,
having ialien 10 So, and susFscting that we
might be in souraings, though no aIrerati-
on mad taken pi@ce ~ ihe coloar OF the wa
ter, tindue ed the captain t. sound, but 10
.brttom WAS foand al SO tathoon On the
24!f It will appear b. TIRE char, u nave f,li-
en- to 58 and on he 25lh to SIS. sb3ut which
time We were uadoubfedly Oh jaqa-s, o.
False Bank, and 81 til 26lh havi2g fallen
80 81 at eight 4. Il. and assumed grysn
cas-, was DESTROYS OF sounding again. bu;
IN cons -qt.tnce of the i'll success attending
our .orntr attemat, anu NOT yet placing any
reliance onthe THERMOMETER, The captain
was unwilling TO lose time in sounding,
supposing IA, we vsse only approaching
,aquet or F4lse Sank bat the nex. day
.aying spoke baker, be inform us tia.
We were on the G;aDk faph, and thar Cape
aace bore w. N. w. $50 miIea. Uron
sounding al noon We struck the ground a.
81 falnorns. Here let me remark, that ouI
.eckoalngs as shewn op The char rs bee;
Atll kepi, and thas the thermometer hs.
yv;,a gf&sl precision indicated our stuati.
on on the 21st a; nopn, in snDpose q
branch Of he 5u!ph Str@era 70. Sad. ap,
proachiag ]aquz' Bank,.@c j, 30 gIt al d,s-
tahce ffnn il, 6S---23. Sill neaFcr ST.
18th. on ne edge d lie BARK 58.---25th.
~ i-quet 3auk 55.-2Sth. on the GtauJ
3aak Sd. :Shas a his seaso, o. the wear
IS there differerc4 Of 90 degrees OF tn,
thermometer he.weeu re water on the
BaDk, ard in same latitude in the ocean,
net far TO the east Of II.
g Our captain, sensible. and obse, wing
man, IS we'll as q very experienced marin
or, struck wish the regular graduation OF
he thermometer On the approach OF toe
Ragk, aud convinced of IFS having pointed
it out ,ag before he had suspected his az.
rival Upon IT, from this time pad much al
tention rs the thermometer. &c found,
as / had foretoId, that it would equally.
saew by The rise, when w had Quilted the
bank, and observed ,aas rs it woull. Still
more accurately define the limits Of shs
SILT Stream, as ii was hostrr ths1e any o.
Their para Of the ocean, he might WITH great
advantage n,fke his passage 10 New York
n longitude 50, IN about pine days from
quitting the banks and every day perform
ed nearly equal and good days work.
8 In this course lroa New foudland the
Thermometer indicated, every whaya. the
approach to danger; 90 the 5taoi Septem-
Der, the vicinity Of Sable island Baaks caus-
ed a fail Of 70; and on the 7til, 3 bank not
marked IN any Chart have seen, caused a
fall OF II. Upon sounding on this bank
the ground was struck in SIS fathom, fine
white saad, win some spe.ks OF red and
black. Captain Allyn was SO much pleased
With thS accuracy ofthe thermometer, aud
with the security in which he had sailed for
some time IN consequent ceot II, & oclzar-
" perceived the advsnlags to be derived
from i in many instances, that he declared
he would never more go to sea without
one.
"The ,ractof the Far American appears
to aave la.n very near TO jaquet Island,
w.len ~ Goyesnor foSasll's enart IS mark