and the Distribntmi of Heat over the Globe. 
Tl\ 
Cordilleras of the Andes. j 
From 10° of North hat! 1 
to 10° of South Lat. 
Mountains of Mexico. 
From 17° of North Lat, 
to 21° of North Lat. 
the Level of 
the Sea. 
Mean 
Temp, 
of the 
Year. 
Examples, 
which may serve as a 
Type. 
Mean 
Temp, 
of the 
Year. 
Examples, 
which may serve as a 
Type, 
0 Toises. 
0 Feet, 
(Comparative 
1 heights in Europe 
j have been added 
1 for every 1000 
1 metres.) 
Fahr. 
81°.5 
Cumana, ^2: feet. 
Temp, of day, 78°.8— 86° 
night, 7i.6-.74.3 
Maximum, 90.9 
Minimum, 70.2 
Mean, - 81.9 
78».80 
Vera Cruz, 0 feet. 
Temp, of day, 80°. 6 — 86° 
night, \ ^q^26—S2.4< 
in summer, j 
night, ) 66.2—75.2 
in winter, 1 64.4 — 71.6 
Mean Temp. 77.72 
500 Toises. 
3197 Feet. 
Vesuvius 3870 
feet. 
71°.24 
Caraccas, 2906 feet. 
Temp, of day, 64°.4 — 73°4 
6 7°. 64 
Xalapa, 4)220 feet. 
Temp. Mean in winter, 64°.76 
rlr..r tiro O ftO 
Maximum, 78.3 
Minimum, 54.5 
Mean, - 69.4 
Guaduas, 3769 feet. 
Temp. Mean, 6 7°. 5 
i /1 \x<xy ^ Oi 
Chilpantzingo, 4523 /eef, 
on a plateau wLich radiates. 
Mean Temp. - 69°.08 
1000 Toises. 
6394 Feet. 
Hospice of St Go- 
thard., 6806 feet. 
64°.4 
Popayan, 5815jfeef. 
Temp, of day, 66°.2— ■75°.2 
64°.4 
Valladolid de Mechoachan, 
6396 /eeL 
Moan TpTYin 
Mean, - 65.66 
Santa Fe de Bogota, 8721 
feet. 
Temp, of day, 59° — 64°.4 
night, 50 — 53.6 
Minimum, 36.5 
Mean, - 57.74 
Mexico, 7468 feet. 
Temp, of day, 60°.8 — 69°.8 
night, 55.4—59 
Warmest months, 52-7 — 59 
Coldest months^ 32 — 44.6 
Mean, 62°.6 
1 500 Toises. 
9591 Feet. 
Canigou, 9118 
feet. 
57«.T4 
Quito, 962% feet. 
Temp, of day, 60°.08-66°.74 
night, 48.2—51.8 
Maximum, 71.6 
Minimum, 42.8 
Mean, - 57.92 
57°.2 
Toluca, %%22feet. 
Temp. Mean, - 59° 
At the Nevada de Toluca, 
11,17% feet. 
Temp, of spring. 48°. 2 
' 2000 Toises. 
12,789 Feet. 
Peak ofTeneriffe, 
12,169 feet. 
44°.6 
Micuipampa, 11,%67 feet. 
Temp, of day, 41° — 48°.2 
night, 35.6—31.28 
Les Paramos, 11,480 feet. 
Mean Temp, in gen. 47°.12 
45°.5 
At the Nivado de Toluca, 
12,17% feet. 
Temp, in Sept, at noon, 52°. 7 
At Coffre de Perote, 12,126 f. 
In February, at 9^, 50°.36 
2500 Toises. 
15,985 Feet. 
Mont Blanc, 
15,662 feet. 
37°. T 
At the Inferior Limit of Per- 
petual Snows, 16,117 4) feet. 
Temp, of day, 39°.2 — 46°.4 
night, 28.4 — 21.2 
Chimborazo, 19,286 feet. 
In June, at 1 o’clock, I have 
seen the therm, at 2 9°. 12. 
3^ 
At the Pic del Fraille, 15,157 
feet. 
I have seen the thermometer 
in September at 39^.74. 
