On underground temperatures : with observations on the conductivity of rocks, on the thermal effects of saturation and imbibition, and on a special source of heat in mountain ranges / by Joseph Prestwich.

  • Joseph Prestwich
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1886
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Credit: On underground temperatures : with observations on the conductivity of rocks, on the thermal effects of saturation and imbibition, and on a special source of heat in mountain ranges / by Joseph Prestwich. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    UNDERGROUND TEMPERATURES. discordance in those observations, which are repeated more than once, to corrections of the mean temperatures of the place, with the exception that the mean annual surface temperatures are cor- indebted to Mr. R. H. Scott, F.R.S., of the Meteorological Office, for the lists of the Scottish Meteorological Society (marked s), and to the are those given by the original observers or by Dove. Corrections temperature of the place has not been recorded, that of the nearest in height, &c. (ante p. 7). (a) in Column YU refers to notes in seated spring, which rises by that means over or near to the sur- either in search of minerals or of water, and with or without water, temperature at surface or at small depths. V YI VII Depths Tempera- below ture at Eefeeences and Kemaeks. surface. depths. Feet. Fahr. 1 332 53-6°] 675 55-4 Grensanne, 1740; Arago, “Notices Scientifiques,” 1010 66 '2, r voi. hi, p. 317 (1856). Temp, of Muiliouse, 51°. 1420 72 . 2 721 63 '5 Saussure, 1796 ; Arago, op. cit. 3 1712 98f 4 164 63 S 358 75 '5 Humboldt, quoted by Arago, op. cit., p. 338. 6 1500 ? 67 ^ 9 722 54‘5 ^ 870 58 8 984 328 590 870 870 60 Daubuisson. The original observations were pub- 50 lished in the “Journal des Mines,” vol. xiii. 0 54 5 58 57 p. 113 (1803). The observations recorded here are given by him in his “ Traite de Geoguosie,” 1819, p. 444, as the most reliable. lO 656 57 *2 Temp, of Dresden, 47° F. 804 59 936 61 1082 62‘5 J t Temperature of spring issuing from lode. The air of the working galleries was 92° Fahr.