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For a month, or some forty days," he wrote—"a dreadful Lent—the mind has blown geographically from 'Araby the blest,' but thermometrically from Iceland the accursed.

From Character by Smiles, Samuel

What is thermometrically called the dew-point is that degree at which the moisture present in the atmosphere, on being subjected to a decrease of temperature, begins to be precipitated or condensed.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 by Various

For a month, or some forty days," he wrote—"a dreadful Lent—the wind has blown geographically from 'Araby the blest,' but thermometrically from Iceland the accursed.

From How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success by Calhoon, Major A.R.

The heat then, although not thermometrically extreme, is peculiarly oppressive, relaxing, and long continued.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 354, January 31, 1829 by Various