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Alexander von Humboldt: „Paris Academy of Arts and Sciences“, in: ders., Sämtliche Schriften digital, herausgegeben von Oliver Lubrich und Thomas Nehrlich, Universität Bern 2021. URL: <https://humboldt.unibe.ch/text/1832-Nouvelles_recentes_de-10-neu> [abgerufen am 27.04.2024].
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| Titel | Paris Academy of Arts and Sciences | ||||
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| Jahr | 1832 | ||||
| Ort | New York City, New York | ||||
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Nachweis in: The Evening Post 9436 (13. November 1832), [o. S.].
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| Sprache | Englisch | ||||
| Typografischer Befund | Antiqua; Spaltensatz; Auszeichnung: Kursivierung; Schmuck: Trennzeichen. | ||||
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Meeting held on the 17th instant.
A letter addressed to the president of the Academy byBaron de Humboldt,
at Berlin, was read at this sitting;it relates to the Baron’s
friend and travelling companion,
Bonpland, who lately contrived to obtain his release fromyears of
captivity in Paraguay. “Above a twelvemonthhad elapsed,”
says the Baron, “since we received thefirst intelligence of the
arrival of M. Bonpland in theprovince of the Missions; but no letter from him hadever reached Europe, and his relatives at La Rochellefelt
the same anxiety on his account which I did. Atlength I have had the
happiness of receiving direct newsfrom him through the care of Baron Delessert. A let-ter from Bonpland, dated Buenos Ayres, the 7th of May1832, advises, that he had
received a few lines, which Ihad forwarded to him at the close of July
last year,whilst residing at Corrientes, near the confluence of theParana and Paraguay, in 1832. ‘I have been crossed,’says he, ‘in every labor I have projected since I quittedthe soil of France. My ill stars have persecuted me forthe
last fifteen years; but I am fain to believe that myfate will prove more
auspicious, now that I am out ofParaguay. Being once more restored to my
friends, andhaving renewed my connexion with civilized Europe,I have resumed all my former labors in natural his-tory,
with the greatest activity, in order that I maybe enabled to return to my
native country as quickly aspossible. The collections I formed in
Paraguay and thePortuguese Missions ought to have reached BuenosAyres ever since the month of March. I look for themwith
the greatest uneasiness, and shall forward themimmediately upon their
arrival, (which cannot be long de-layed) to the care of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs atParis, praying him to deliver over the cases to the
Mu-seum of Natural History. The Jardin des
Plantes willreceive, not only what I have recently collected, but
suchherbaria as I have put together at Corrientes and BuenosAyres, and particularly my general herbarium, and thegeological series of the route we pursued. To this col-lection I shall
add the specimens of rocks which I havejust collected, as well as such as
I may succeed in pro-curing during my excursions to Monte Video,
Maldona-do, and Cabo-Santa-Maria. *** Such are the fertili-ty of the soil and the richness of the vegetation in thePortuguese Missions, that I think it my duty to return tothat quarter,
and I am willing to believe, that those whokindly take an interest in my
early return to Europe, willnot disapprove this trip. It would be cruel
to leave thisclime without adding such a host of remarkable produc-tions to our botanical stores. My collections will com-prise
two new species of Convolvuli, the roots of whichpossess all the healing qualities of the jalap. I am inhopes that the
School of Medicine will likewise set someessays on foot as to the uses to
which three extremelybitter barks, derived from three new species of a
classbelonging to the family of the Simaroubœœ, may be put.These barks are of the
flavor of the sulphate of quinine,and are used with the most salutary
effect in cases ofdysentery and other gastric derangements. If, whilsthere, I could but receive proper information on the effi-cacy of these barks, as it might appear from trials in Pa-ris, I would
endeavor to secure a supply of them for ourhospitals before my departure.
** I avail myself of thisopportunity,” adds de Humboldt,
“to communicate ageological fact to the Academy, which has been
knownhere only within the last few days, and is connected withother facts, which have been observed elsewhere in Eu-rope,
and even in the heart of Asia. M. Von Secken-dorf has discovered fragments
of Grauwakke, accompa-nied with petrifactions incrusted in granite, in the
valleyof Badan, (of the Hartz) in a quarry near the high roadwhich leads to Hartzburg. M. Hartmann, the translatorof
Lyell’s Geology, has just confirmed this observation.—P. S.
At the very moment of closing this letter, I receivethe very important
information that Encke’s Comet, ofthree years and three tenths,
was observed at BuenosAyres in the beginning of June 1832. M. Encke
hasheard from M. Olbers, of Bremen, that M. Massotti(probably the same gentleman who was formerly at theMilan Observatory,
and has published some works onplanetary orbits) observed the Comet at
Buenos Ayreson the 2nd of June last, at 5h 30 mean time, with 56° 375 of right ascension, and 11° 20 1 of southern declension.This observation appears to differ not more than some 2′from the
short period comet, which M. Encke has calcu-lated by
anticipation.”
PARIS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCI-ENCES.