Thermal map of North America, delineating the isothermal zodiac, the isothermal axis of intensity, and its expansions up and down the plateau

Thermal map of North America, delineating the isothermal zodiac, the isothermal axis of intensity, and its expansions up and down the plateau

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Title:
Thermal map of North America, delineating the isothermal zodiac, the isothermal axis of intensity, and its expansions up and down the plateau
Cartographer:
Gilpin, William, 1813-1894
Publisher:
J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Date:
[1873]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Atmospheric temperature--North America--Maps
North America--Maps
Places:
North America (area)
Extent:
1 map : color ; 60 x 57 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/8336nd55z
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Phila. : J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:13,500,000
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures.
Indicates cooler and warmer regions north and south of an isothermal axis around 40°N.
Includes two concentric circles centered on Topeka, Kansas.
Detached from Gilpin's "Mission of the North American people" (Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1873).
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_018777
Call #:
G3301.C82 1873 .G55
Barcode:
39999085969762