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| Title | Carte des Lignes Isotherms par M. A. de Humboldt |
| Alternate Title | Chart of equal temperatures Carte des Lignes Isotherms par M. A. de Humboldt |
| Creator |
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 |
| Type of Resource | cartographic |
| Date Created | 1817 |
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital |
| Topics |
Atmospheric temperature |
| Subject Genre | Statistical maps Meteorological charts |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/10176/codu:58209 |
| Rights Statement | Digitized and made available by the University of Denver Penrose Library solely for research and educational purposes. The user is responsible for all copyright, privacy and publicity rights compliance. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1 online resource (map) : TIFF file. |
| Physical Note | Raster Original sheet(s): 18 x 23 cm. |
| Scale | Scale not given. |
| Coordinates | (W 90°--E 114°/N 70°--N 0°) |
| Notes | » Website description: Humboldt devised this chart to represent lines of equal temperature, which enabled observers to think about the relationship between temperature patterns and other phenomena. » Prime meridian: Paris » Isoline chart illustrating a journal article. Isotherms shown on an east-west axis; inset shows them on a north-south axis. » Last alternate title from website. |
| Host Title | Annales de chimie et de physique, 2. série t. 5 (1817), opposite p. 448. Paris : Masson, Chez Crochard, 1789- |
| Local Identifiers | Humboldt.tif nationID: 3.01 nationIDchrono: 1.02 nationIDcreator: 1.47 (OCoLC)1481242 (Host) |