The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-14

upon tho climatic conditions OF the Tar
north. These show. says the Indian
apolis news. what had already been
suspected by scientists. that. 80 far as
a minimum temperature la concerned.
the highest northern attitudes are
more fayorably situated than many re-
glons lying full fifteen or twenty de-
trees approximately i.OO0-l 400 miles,
farther to the south. The lowest read
Ing Of Nansens thermometer. regis
tered on board the Fran. was ca o de-
grees Fahrenheit. or some y 20 70 de-
grees higher than the minimum noted
by the British polar expedition OF 1875
9. and degrees above the minimum
Of kaAe. The lowest winter tempera-
ture recorded by Sir. Peary was 90 de-
grees Fahrenheit In strange contrast
to this In Itself sufficiently severe TEN
peraiure are the rigors Of certain less
favored localities lying south. Thus. IN
the Kara sea. which lies between Nova
Zen ia and Siberia. and whose center
Is approximately crossed by the sew
enty-third parallel Of latitude. a TEN
perature Of 81 degrees Is By no means
uncommon. and the sea. partly from
this cause and partly from the fact
that u 10 largely choked with Ice. mas
Justly resolved the name Of the ice
cellar Of Eurasia.
Al Yakutsk. IN Siberia. a vell-known
governmental post. lying considerably
southwark or outside OF the arctic cir
Gle. a temperature OF from 70 10 80
degrees below IL reported almost an
nually. and al verkhojansk. which Is
situated almos; within the same broad
region, but somewhat on the polar side
OF the circle, there IL a registry Of o.
degrees for the month of January. 1894
Prof Mohn the distinguished Norwo-
gian scientist. asserts. moreover. that
az the Russian station at the mouth
Of the Lena river. Siberia. the extraor-
binary low temperature OF % degrees
Fahrenheit has been recorded.
That man should be able 20 endure.
one u.ghi say almost with lmpunity.
such excessive severity OF climate Is
not d little remarkable. and 90 o. more
surprising when 90 o. considered In con-
nectlon with bis endurance OF the OBJ
posite extreme. that o.. the highest
summer temperature We have as yet.
perhaps. no absolutely reliable data for
the highest sun temperature on the
earth's surface. but O. may safely be as
sumed 20 be Ia the ncighborhood OF or
even beyond 100 degrees. Il is claimed
by Alexander Won Humboldt that Rlt.
chic observed near Mourzouk. On north
crn Africa, a temperature On meas
ure reflected from the desert sandsi OF
l35 degrees in the shade. which is prob
ably the highest that comes author
iiatively from the records o. travellers
n this Is true. then there can De little
doubt that the sua temperature was
fully Is degrees higher With the two
extremes before aE. then. We have for
The human suhlec, a climatic res stanc.
Of az least "a degrees. or g. degrees
more than Is iougd in the RANGE be-
tween zero and the boiling point OF
water. How much more than this man
could endure % Is difcult to say. but
doubtless many degrees could set De
added 90 either side % the thermome.
tric scale without materially or neces-
arily affecting his system. Ills re-
sis;auce 20 the temperature % furnace
rooms. as Is evidenced IN the work OF
stcSers on board the transatlantic lin
ere, Is an Indication OF this And yet
more the remarkable experiments re-
Gently conducted by the eminent ply
sicist Raoul Pic;et upon his own per.
son. when by artificial processes he
subjected his body to a temperature OF
1866 degrees.