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Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859

"COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1"

lat.). Cherbourg in Normandy, and Ireland, show in th most
remarkable manner how, with thermal relations very nearly similar to those
prevailing in the interior of the Continent (as estimated by the thermometer
in the shade), the results are nevertheless extremely different as regards
the ripeness or the unripeness of the fruit of the vine, this difference
undoubtedly depending on the circumstance whether the vegetation of the
plant proceeds under a bright sunny sky, or under a sky that is habitually
obscured by clouds:
[NB Table will line up in Courier 10 point]
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Places. Lat- Ele- Mean Win- Spring. Sum- Aut- Number of the
it- va- of the ter. mer. umn. years of the
tude tion. Year. observation
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deg ' Eng.ft. Fahr.
Bordeaux 44 50 25.6 57.0 43.0 56.0 71.0 58.0 10
Stras- 48 35 479.0 49.6 34.5 50.0 64.6 50.0 35
bourg
Heid- 49 24 333.5 59.5 34.0 50.0 64.3 49.7 20
elberg
Manheim 49 29 300.5 50.6 34.6 50.8 67.1 49.5 12
Wurzburg 49 48 562.


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