THE RATE OF DECREASE OF TEMPERATURE, ETC. 85 



Berne and St. Gothard. 

 Difference of altitude =4954 feet. 



Winter Summer 



Quarter. Quarter. 



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Berne 30*4 60*4 



St. Gothard ... i8"3 44'! 



12*1 i6'3 



Milan and St. Gothard. 

 Difference of altitude =6390 feet. 



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Milan 35*0 719 



St. Gothard i8'3 44'! 



167 27*8 



Venice and Hohe-Peissenberg (47° 48' N., 11° i' E.). 

 Difference of altitude =3 146 feet. 



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Venice 38*4 72*5 



Hohe-Peissenberg 29*1 57*9 



9'3 146 



Munich and Hohe-Peissenberg. 

 Difference of elevation = 1491 feet. 



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Munich 287 6i-6 



Hohe-Peissenberg 29*1 57-9 



-0*4 37 



Vienna and Munich. 

 Difference of elevation =1228 feet. 



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Vienna 3i'9 69*4 



Munich 287 6i*6 



3'2 7*8 



Passing now to stations in and near the Ural Mountains, 

 we find that most of these stations are too far apart, and 

 the differences of elevation too small, to enable us to arrive 

 at any very decisive result : taking, however, the highest 



