Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during the years 1799-1804, by A. von Humboldt and A. Bonpland, Volum 2 |
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Side 10
... heat which prevails throughout the year at Cura , Guacara , Nueva Valencia , and on the borders of the lake , is the same as that felt at midsummer in Naples and Sicily . The mean annual temperature of the valleys of Aragua is nearly ...
... heat which prevails throughout the year at Cura , Guacara , Nueva Valencia , and on the borders of the lake , is the same as that felt at midsummer in Naples and Sicily . The mean annual temperature of the valleys of Aragua is nearly ...
Side 16
... heat in the water was one centesimal degree for ten or fifteen feet ; that is to say , eight times more rapid than in the ocean , and forty - eight times more rapid than in the atmosphere . In the temperate zone , where the heat of the ...
... heat in the water was one centesimal degree for ten or fifteen feet ; that is to say , eight times more rapid than in the ocean , and forty - eight times more rapid than in the atmosphere . In the temperate zone , where the heat of the ...
Side 17
... heat of which is from 25.5 ° to 27 ° , the temperature of the bottom of the lakes can never be below 21 ° or 22 ° . If in the same zone the ocean contain at depths of seven or eight hundred fathoms , water the temperature of which is at ...
... heat of which is from 25.5 ° to 27 ° , the temperature of the bottom of the lakes can never be below 21 ° or 22 ° . If in the same zone the ocean contain at depths of seven or eight hundred fathoms , water the temperature of which is at ...
Side 21
... heat of the solar rays , while the southern shore receives , along with the breeze when it enters the valley by the Abra de Porto Cabello , an atmosphere which has crossed the lake , and is loaded with aqueous vapour . On this southern ...
... heat of the solar rays , while the southern shore receives , along with the breeze when it enters the valley by the Abra de Porto Cabello , an atmosphere which has crossed the lake , and is loaded with aqueous vapour . On this southern ...
Side 22
... a section of only twenty - six square inches . This is considerably augmented in the rainy season ; the rivulet is then transformed into a torrent , and its heat diminishes ; SULPHUREOUS SPRINGS . 23 for it appears that the hot.
... a section of only twenty - six square inches . This is considerably augmented in the rainy season ; the rivulet is then transformed into a torrent , and its heat diminishes ; SULPHUREOUS SPRINGS . 23 for it appears that the hot.
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Amazon America ancient Angostura animals appear Apure Aragua Atabapo Atures banks boat Bonpland Cabruta cacao Calabozo called Caño canoe Caracas Caribs Carichana cassava Cassiquiare cataracts coast colour contain Cordillera covered crocodiles cultivated curare earth east eggs electric Encaramada Esmeralda Europe Father feet fish forests fruit Gili gneiss granite Grenada grünstein Guaviare Guiana gymnotus hornblende humidity hundred Indians inhabitants insects island jaguar Javita Jesuits juice lake latitude leagues Llanos Lower Orinoco Mariara Maypures Meta mission missionary monkeys monks mosquitos mountains mouth nations natives night Nueva Valencia observed Omaguas Orinoco Ottomacs palm-trees passed plains plants Porto Cabello Raudal resembles Rio Negro rise river rocks San Fernando savannahs shore soil Spanish species spot steppes strata Tamanacs temperature toises torrid zone trees tribes tributary streams Upper Orinoco Uruana Valencia valleys of Aragua vegetation Ventuari village zancudos