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The narrative of a journey undertaken in the years 1819, 1820 and 1821 through France, Italy, Savoy, Switzerland, parts of Germany bordering on the Rhine, Holland and the Netherlands : $b comprising incidents that occurred to the author, who has long suffered under a total deprivation of sight; with various points of information collected on his tourHolman, James

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The narrative of a journey undertaken in the years 1819, 1820 and 1821 through France, Italy, Savoy, Switzerland, parts of Germany bordering on the Rhine, Holland and the Netherlands : $b comprising incidents that occurred to the author, who has long suffered under a total deprivation of sight; with various points of information collected on his tour

Name: The narrative of a journey undertaken in the years 1819, 1820 and 1821 through France, Italy, Savoy, Switzerland, parts of Germany bordering on the Rhine, Holland and the Netherlands : $b comprising incidents that occurred to the author, who has long suffered under a total deprivation of sight; with various points of information collected on his tour
Author: Holman, James

Holman, James

Europe -- Description and travel

The coldest day experienced during the season, was on the 20th of
February, but even then, the lowest point at which Reaumur’s thermometer
was noticed, was 1° above freezing point, or equal to 34¼° of Fahrenheit.

The following is a register of the temperature of the atmosphere, noted
by Dr. S⸺, three times each day, during the first week of January.

    +--------++-----------------++-----------------++-----------------+
    |January,||      8 a.m.     ||      2 p.m.     ||      8 p.m.     |
    | 1820.  ++--------+--------++--------+--------++--------+--------+
    |        || Reaum. | Fahrt. || Reaum. | Fahrt. || Reaum. | Fahrt. |
    +--------++--------+--------++--------+--------++--------+--------+
    |  1st   ||   3°   |  38¾°  ||   7°   |  47¾°  ||   2°   |  36½°  |
    +--------++--------+--------++--------+--------++--------+--------+
    |  2nd   ||   2°   |  36½°  ||   6½°  |  46⅝°  ||   5°   |  43½°  |
    +--------++--------+--------++--------+--------++--------+--------+
    |  3rd   ||   5½°  |  44¾°  ||   7°   |  47¾°  ||   9°   |  52½°  |
    +--------++--------+--------++--------+--------++--------+--------+
    |  4th   ||   7°   |  47¾°  ||   9°   |  52½°  ||   7½°  |  48⅞°  |
    +--------++--------+--------++--------+--------++--------+--------+
    |  5th   ||   7°   |  47¾°  ||   8½°  |  51⅛°  ||   9°   |  52½°  |
    +--------++--------+--------++--------+--------++--------+--------+
    |  6th   ||   8°   |  50°   ||   1½°  |  35¾°  ||   6°   |  45½°  |
    +--------++--------+--------++--------+--------++--------+--------+
    |  7th   ||   5°   |  43½°  ||   9°   |  52½°  ||   7½°  |  48⅞°  |
    +--------++--------+--------++--------+--------++--------+--------+

With respect to the climate of Nice, if I might be allowed, after
five months’ residence, to hazard an opinion, I conceive it the most
delightful one in Europe, and, indeed, preferable to any I have yet
experienced, unless the Bermuda islands are excepted. Some object to the
heat during summer, but it is possible to avoid the inconvenience, by
retiring for this season, amongst the mountains. At a small town, named
Rochabiliare, twenty-five miles inland, are mineral springs, containing
nitre and sulphur, and of different temperatures, the highest being 100°
Fahrenheit. I endeavoured, but in vain, to procure a correct analysis of
these waters.

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