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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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From Petersburg, Russia: Letters from scientists sent by the court to observe Venus's transit report delays due to winter; Pallas and Lepechin reached only Sinbirsk, noting early freezes in August, severe September cold down to -5.5°R, snow cover, and damage to crops and young trees.
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We have already received several letters from the Literati, whom the court has sent to the different provinces of the Empire, to observe there the passage of Venus over the sun's disk. The Sieurs Pallas and Lepechin, who were to go to Orenbourg, have not been able, by reason of the winter, to get farther than Sinbirsk. They observe, that by the beginning of August it freezes there in the night; that from the 15th of September to the 18th, the liquor in de Lisle's thermometer fell in the night-time from 16° to 16.5 degrees, and that in Reaumur's thermometer to 5 and a half degrees beneath the point O; that the ground was almost everywhere covered with snow, and that the cold continued with so much rigour that not only the standing corn, but even the young trees were all frozen.
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Sinbirsk, Russia
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Reported February 11; Observations From Beginning Of August And 15th 18th September
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expedition delayed by winter; unable to reach orenbourg; severe cold froze standing corn and young trees.
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Court-sent literati report on Venus transit observation; Pallas and Lepechin stopped at Sinbirsk due to winter; noted nightly freezes from early August, thermometer drops to 16-16.5° de Lisle and -5.5° Reaumur in mid-September, widespread snow, and rigorous cold damaging agriculture and trees.