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Alexander von Humboldt: „Junction of atlantic and pacific oceans“, in: ders., Sämtliche Schriften digital, herausgegeben von Oliver Lubrich und Thomas Nehrlich, Universität Bern 2021. URL: <https://humboldt.unibe.ch/text/1853-Junction_of_the-17-neu> [abgerufen am 13.02.2025].
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Titel | Junction of atlantic and pacific oceans | ||||
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Jahr | 1853 | ||||
Ort | Washington, District of Columbia | ||||
Nachweis in: Weekly National Intelligencer 612 (3. September 1853), [o. S.].
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Sprache | Englisch | ||||
Typografischer Befund | Antiqua; Spaltensatz; Auszeichnung: Kursivierung; Schmuck: Kapitälchen. | ||||
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JUNCTION OF ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS.
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT.
P. S. I am not surprised at the difference between thelevel you found at Turbaco and my own statement. Tothis, however, I had prudently added “doubtful barome-trical observation.” [See my “Recueil d’ObservationsAstronomiques et de Mesures Barometriques,” vol. 1, p.299.] The fact that the gas issuing from the little vol-canoes at Turbaco is inflammable in its natural state hasalready been communicated by Col. Acosta. [Journal, p.65.] It appears that the gaseous fluid which issues fromthe salses is not the same at all times. I find in my jour-nal that in 1801 the flame of any burning substance wassuddenly extinguished on being thrown into a bottle con-taining air from those little volcanoes. Parrot also, inthe mud volcanoes in the island of Taman, found onlyazote, although the gas emitted would burn at othertimes. [See my “Relation Historique,” vol. 15, chap.29, pp. 367-371.]