CORRELATION WITH SUNSPOTS. 



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which neither allowed himself to regard as conclusive. In the immense 

 work of Hellmann (1906) upon the rainfall of the North German 

 drainage area, it is this inconspicuous maximum which he finds the 

 more important of the two. 



1850 



1900 



1.00 



1.00 



1.00 



-HI. Norway, Inner Fjords 



Sun Spots 



Vffi. T1.W Austria 



K.. 5. 



Sun Spots, displaced 

 2 yrs. to left. 



I85O '900 



FIG. 24. Three European groups, standardized and smoothed. 



too. 

 o. 



ISOO 



isoo 



125 Yrs. 



iaee.9 



i.oo 



0.75 



1.00 

 0.75 



1.00 

 0.75 



Mm. 

 i.ao 



i.oo 



0.80 



FIG. 25. Comparison between 57 north Europe trees (smoothed) and sunspot numbers. The 

 trees are from England, Norway, Sweden, and north Germany. 



