P. P. P.

_Temperature of Cathedrals._--Can any of your readers favour me with a

report from observation of the greatest and least heights of the

thermometer in the course of a year, in one of our large cathedrals?

I am informed that Professor Phillips, in a geological work, has stated

that the highest and lowest temperatures in York Minster occur about five

weeks after the solstices; but it does not appear that the altitudes are

named.

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