Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1897-06-09
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Limits of MANS Endurance of Heat
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Not the, least interesting Of the,
many results of Nansen's expedition
are the records of meteorological OBJ
servations that were continued all
most rninterruptedly for the better
part Of Of three years, and which throw
distinct light upon. the climatic con-
.A,Iitionscof the far north. ! These show
wh,t'had' already been well suspected
bv scientists that, SO far as d mini
mum temperature is concerned, the
.highesfSG orthern ATTITUDES are more
faTorably situated than. many regions
living; yfull>15 degrees or 20 degrees
approximately d yO00-1 400 amilesl
further to- the; SOUTH The lowest
reading Of Aansen' thermom eter,
registered onaIboaf6 the Fran, was
-61.5 degrees F., or some 12to Is de-
A~rees higher than the minimum
nn.ed by the. British polar expedi-
tionSof 1885, and 8 degrees above
the min imum Of Kane. The lowest
winter TEN 5eraturg reconed by MI.
Perry was -55S degrees ], strange
contrast to this itse1t sufficiently
severe temperament are tie riigors Of
certain less-favored localities lying
to the south. Thus, iItthe> Katasea,
which lies between NoydAZen1blas and
Siberia, and whose center is aSproxis.
mately1crossed by the seyentye3hird
parallel Of latitude, "a tetnperatprepf,
-63 degreesis BY DO means unc common
and thezsea, partly from this cause.
and partly from the fact that II. It is s6z
largeIyohoked with ice, has Justly re- !
ceived the name Of the. 'Gce7 cellar" Of
Eurasi& i:3@5>At55aT sskutsk, Siberia, a. a
well-kpown governmental post lyiHs
considasab bly, southwark, or outside /
of the arctic oiroleja temperature Of |
from 70 to so degrees below is re!
ported almost ANNUAL y;;and. at Nerk-
hojansk, which is situated almost /
iwith1as the same broad region, but /
somewhat on the. polar side H the cir
Gle, there is a registry Of so degrees
forthemonth Of January, 1894. Prof.
Mohn, the distinguished Norwegian
scientist, asserts, moreover, that at I
the Russian station at the mouth Of. |
the Lena river, Siberia, the extraordi-
nary low temperature Of 81 de-
grees T. have, been Recorded 30l4
That man should be able. to, en-
dure, one might say almost Within
punity, such excessive severity Of
climate is not a little remarkable, and, |.
it is the more surprising when it IS
considered in connection With hisien- I
durances Of the opPos!te.e extreme, j: ell
the highest sur nacyg temperature. Wei
have, as yet, PERHAPS no. absolutely
data for theohiGhest sun ttenl- + /.
perature on the earth surface, but
it may be, safely assumedto be in the K
of of2even beyond $50 +
degrees. At is claimed by Alexander !.
Won Humboldt that Richie observed |
near Mourzork, in northern Africa, +.
a temperature I'm i measure reflected /
from the desert san<!s) of 135 degrees
in the shade. which is probably the +
highest 1ts}&t comes zauthoritatively +
from the records Of travellers; If this is
true, there c,@n he.litt}e doubt that the !
sun temperature vas .flrlly->l5 de. |
~rees higher Withthetwo extremes
before LIS, then vaAa re fr the human 7
subject a ciE1G tx rfss s. ian re of at I
least z ++~deg~ae$, CT 80 degrees more
than is found IN the range between. :
zero and the boiling point Of water..t
How much mere than this t1an could I.
endure it is difficult to say. tut, doubt.
less, many degrees could yet be added /
to either side Of the thermo4ietric +.
scale without materially or necessarii-
~ affecting his sgsst<la:~Hisre sistance
to the temperature Of furnace rooms,
rs is evidenced in. the, work of the +
sto!iers oD1bosFd the transatlantic
liners. is an indication Of this, and yet q
more . the 1rerharHa5le experiments
recently conducted BY the eminent .i
physicist Focrl Pictet, uron his own
person, when By artificial processes !
re subjected his body to a temporal ;
5ure OF IGj degrees. ..- Cleveland
Leader. ,:.:@:..s>s f. z..::@I /
In The Panoir Cou,tter.Y. >-..5. -. "