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102 Mr. Maskelyne next tells us of an irregularity which he says happened in cold Weather, and says, 'However, it seems in general that the Frost must have been the cause of these irregularities, as well as of the Watch's going so much slower in the month of January, than it had gone before.' Mr. Maskelyne ought along with this, to have published what I told Him when I explained it; that the provision against the effects of heat and cold was not