Many Shanghai residents have been curious regarding the difference in the temperature recordings at Siccawel_ and Holy Trinity Cathedral, especially as the latter, contrary to expectations, is generally some points lower. This Father Gherzi attributed to the fact that in the country around Siccawei the instruments are better exposed to every change in the mosphere and, therefore, catch every change in temperature no matter how slight, oF of how short a duration.
He stated that the instruments at Holy Trinity Cathedral are of the same high excellence but that, surrounded as they are by high buildings with the consequent stagnancy of the alr, they do not, asa rule, catch a rise in temperature that may last only Jo minute oF so. As a result, although downtown temperatures should normally be higher than the country, they are not always recorded with complete accuracy.
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