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Page 99.— 1. quatorze degrés Réaumur ; ï.e., r4° below the zero point on the Réaumur thermometer, or one half a degree above zero, Fahrenheit. On the Réaumur thermometer, zero marks the freezing point and 80° the boiling point of water. One degree Réaumur is equivalent to two and one fourth degrees Fahrenheit. Réaumur, the inventor, was à French scientist (1683-1757).

Page 100.— 1. la Néva. Cf. page 4, note 4.