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Title | Isothermal Chart: Mean Distribution of Temperature for the Summer |
Alternate Title | Chart of Average Summer Temperatures |
Creator |
Blodget, Lorin, 1823-1901 |
Contributor | Lawson, Thomas, 1781?-1861 Bien, Julius, 1826-1909 |
Corporate Creator |
United States. Surgeon-General's Office |
Type of Resource | cartographic |
Date Created | 1855 |
Digital Origin | reformatted digital |
Topics |
Atmospheric temperature Meteorology Climatology |
Places | United States |
Dates | Nineteenth century |
Subject Genre | Thematic maps Meteorological charts |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/10176/codu:55696 |
Rights Statement | Digitized by the Denver Public Library Western History Department. 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.
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Language | English |
Extent | 1 online resource (map) : TIFF file, col. |
Physical Note | Raster Original Sheet(s): 24 x 53 cm. |
Scale | [Scale bar present] |
Coordinates | (W 130°--W 55°/N 50°--N 25°) |
Notes | » Website description: This is one of five charts of temperature designed by Lorin Blodget, the first made in the United States and derived from decades of research collected by the Smithsonian Institution. » Date of situation: 1843-1854. » Host/Source Creator: United States. Surgeon-General's Office. Host/Source Contributor: Lawson, Thomas, 1781?-1861. Host Type of Resource: text. Host Extent: xi, 763 p. : 10 charts. ; 30 cm. Host Classification: QC983 .A114 Host Classification Scheme: lcc. Host Notes: Prepared under the direction of Thomas Lawson, surgeon general United States army. Published by authority of Hon. Jefferson Davis, secretary of war. "Report on the prominent features of general climate in the United States, as exhibited in the distribution of temperature and of rain, and in explanation of the illustrative charts": p. [679]-763. » Alternate title from Website. |
Host Title | Army Meteorological Register for Twelve Years, from 1843 to 1854, inclusive, compiled from observations made by the officers of the Medical Department of the Army at the Military Posts of the United States. Washington, D.C. : A.O.P. Nicholson, Public Printer, 1855. |
Local Identifiers | Blodget_Isothermal_Chart.tif nationID: 3.14 nationIDchrono: 2.12 nationIDcreator: 1.10 (DLC) 03017384 (Host) (OCoLC)2437890 (Host) (OCoLC)758327548 (Host) |