NATURAL HISTORY of N RWAT. 



The rifing and fetting of the Sun in the horizon of Bergen, in 

 the 6 1 ft degree of latitude, according to Pontanus. 





January. 





February. 





March. 



April. 



| Sun rifes | Sun fets ) 



Sun rifes 



Sun fets | 





Sun riles | Sun fets | 



| Sun rifes 



Sun fets 



I 



8 4 



3 4 



4 



7 4 



44 



2 



6 4 



5 4 



5 



44 



7 4 



II 



8 4 



3 ^ 



10 



7 4 



4 4 



6 



6 4 



5 4 



II 



4 4 



7 4 



20 



8 4 



3 1 



14- 



7 



5 



11 



6 



6 



16 



4 4 



7 4 



25 



8 



4 



l 9 



6^ 



54 



16 



5 4 



6 4 



21 



4 



8 . 



3° 



7 A 



4 4 









21 



26 



5 4 

 5 * 



6 4 



64 



26 



3 4 



8 i 















3 1 



5 



7 











May. 



June. 





J^y. 



Auguil 







Sun rifes 



Sun fets ] 



| Sun rifes ] Sun fets 





Sufi rifes | Sun fets | 



[ Sun rifes j Sun fets 



1 



3 4 



8 4 



2 



2 4 



9 T 



4 



2 4 



9 4 



4 



4 4 



7 4 



7 



3 4 



8 4 



7 



2 4 



9 T 



9 



3 



2 . 



b 



4 4 



7 4 



12 



3 



9 



l 3 



2 4 



9- 



14 



3 4 



8 4 



14 



4 4 



7 4 



22 



2 i. 



9 i 



18 



2 4 



9 4 



19 



3 4 



8 4 



19 



5 



7 



28 



2 4 



9 4 



23 



2 4 



9 4 



24 



3 4 



8 4 



25 



5 4 



64 















29 



4 



8 



3 1 



5 4. 



6 4 



September. 



October. 





November. 



December. 





Sun rifes 



Sun fets | 



| Sun rifes | Sun fets | 





Sun rifes ] Sun fets 



j Sun rifes ] Sun fets 



4 



5 4 



6i 



4 



6 4 



5 1 



5 



8 1 



3 4 



6 



9 1 ' 



2 3 



14 

 19 



6 



6 



9 



14 



y 



5 



1 1 



8 | 



3 1 

 3 I 



12 



9 1 



9 1 



2 ? 



6| 



5 4 



7 4 



4 4 



J 7 



8 £ 



1 7 



^ 4- 

 2 4 



24 



64 



5 4 



20 

 25 



7 4 



74 



4 1 

 4 I 



28 



9 



3 



22 



9 



3 









3 1 



I 8 



4 















A particular herein obfervable, is, that as in the beginning of 

 the year the day-light increafes with remarkable celerity, fo it 

 decreafes at the approach of winter in a like proportion. In the 

 middle of February, I have been able to read without difficulty 

 at fix in the morning, which at the fame hour in Odober was not 

 poffible; the caufe of this, being manifeftly the inclination of the 

 earth towards the poles, needs no further explanation. 



In the fummer nights the horizon, when unclouded, is fo clear cieamefs of 

 and luminous, that at midnight one may read, write, and do every nights. mmer 

 kind of work as in the day ; this I have often experienced, even 

 when age had brought me to the ufe of fpe£tacles. Chriftian V. 

 during his flay at Drontheim, in June, 1685, u &d to fup at 

 midnight, without the ufe of lights. In the diftridl of Tromfen, 

 which is properly the extremity of Norway, towards the iflands of 

 Finmark, the fun is continually in view in the midft of fummer, 

 and is obferved to circulate day and night round the north pole, 

 contracting its orbit, and then gradually enlarging it, till at length 



it 



