The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 2 [of 3]

by Benjamin Franklin

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[Observations of the Warmth of the Sea-water, &c. by Fahrenheit's Thermometer; with other Remarks made on board the Reprisal, Capt. Wycks, bound from Philadelphia to France, in October and November, 1776.]

Date	Hour A.M.	Hour P.M.	Temp. of Air	Temp. of Water	Wind	Course	Distance	Lat. N.	Long. W.	Remarks
Octo. 31	10		76	70	SSE	EbS	135	38 12	70 30	Left the capes Thursday night, October 29, 1776
—		4		71
Nov. 1	10			78	WSW	E½N	109	No ob.	68 12
—		4	71	81
2	8		71	75	N
—	12			78			141	ditto.	65 23
—		4	67	76						Some sparks in the water these two last nights.
3	8			76	NW	ESE½E
—	12			76		EbS	160	37 0	62 7
—		4	70	76
4	9		68	76		NbE				Ditto.
—		1		76			194	36 26	58 8
—		4	68	76
—		8		78
5	8		68	76		NE				Ditto.
—	12		70	75			163	35 21	55 3
—		4		75
—		8		75
6	8			76	EbN	S50E
—	12			77			75	35 33	53 52
7	8			78	SEbE	N30W
—	12			77			108	36 6	52 46
—		4		77
8	9		75	77	SbE	N49E
—	12			77			175	38 2	50 1
—		4		77
9	9		75	77
—	12		75	70	SW	N33E	175	39 39	46 55

OBSERVATIONS MADE ON BOARD THE REPRISAL, CONTINUED.

Date	Hour A.M.	Hour P.M.	Temp. of Air	Temp. of Water	Wind	Course	Distance	Latit. N.	Long. W.	Remarks.
Nov 9		4		71
10	8		70	68
—	12			64	E	N 17 E	64	40 39	46 27
11	8			63
—	12			61	S E	N 8 E	41	41 19	46 19
12	8		56	59
—		4		69	NNW	N 80 E	120	41 39	43 42
13	all	day		68	E	S 82 E	69	41 29	42 10
14	8		70	70		N 74 E	111	42 0	39 57
—		Noon		72	ESE
—		4		71
15	8		61	69
—		Noon		68	WSW	N 70 E	186	43 3	35 51
—		4		67
16		Noon	65	67	S W	N 67 W	48	43 22	34 50
—		4		63
17	8			63	ESE	N 19 E	56	44 15	34 25
18	all	day		65	SbW	N 75 E	210	45 6	29 43	Some gulph weed.
19		Noon	65	64	S W	N 80 E	238	45 46	24 2
20	8			62	N	S 80 E	155	45 19	20 30
—		4		60
21	9			62	S	N 88 E	94	45 22	18 17
22	10		60	62	SSW	S 89 E	133	45 19	15 19
23		Noon		61	WSW	S 86 E	194	45 6	10 35
24		do.		60	NNE	N 78 E	191	45 46	6 10
25		do.		60	N E	S 76 E	125	45 4	3 23
26		do.	56	60	E	N 73 E	31	45 13	2 20
27		do.		58						Soundings off Bellisle.
28		do.	54	56

[A Journal of a Voyage from the Channel between France and England towards America.]

Dates	Latit. N.	Long. W.	Therm. A.M.		Therm. P.M.		Winds	Course	Distance	Variation of the Needle
			Air	Water	Air	Water
July 29			62	57			{ These are taken on an average of 24 hours. }
30			62	58	63	58
31			60	58	62	62			Miles.	West.
Aug 1	49 15	4 15	63	62	60	64	East	SW ½W	60	22° 0
2	48 28	8 58	64	64	64	63	E S E	WbS ½S	174
3	47 0	12 13	60	67	omitted		N E	SW bW	160
4	45 0	15 43	66	66	do.	66	NWbW	SW ½W	190
5	43 5	17 25	67	65	65	68	N E	SW bS	131	20 0
6	41 3	19 44	70	68	71	69	N E	SW ½S	166	16 30
7	38 45	21 34	70	70	68	70	N E	SSW ¾W	165	11 30
8	36 42	23 10	72	71	73	72	N E	SSW ¾W	149	11 15
9	35 40	25 40	73	73	73	74	N E	WSW ¼S	137
10	35 0	27 0	71	73	77	75	N W	WSW ¾S	76
11	33 51	28 42	74	74	76	77	North	SW ¾W	112		Therm. Noon
12	33 30	31 30	76	75	76	76	North	W ¾S	143		A.	W.
13	33 17	33 32	76	76	78	77	N E	W ½ S	103		77	78
14	33 22	34 31	76	76	81	79	S S E	W ½ N	50		81	79
15	33 45	35 0	78	79	79	78	W N W	SW ¼W	35		79	79
16	34 14	35 30	79	78	81	80	West	NW ½N	38		81	80
17	35 37	36 4	80	79	80	78	W S W	N N W	75		80	78
18	36 7	37 16	80	78	omitted		NW bW	WNW ½N	65		80	79
19	36 38	38 0	78	77	78	77	W S W	NW ½W	49		79	77