Essays / by Sir Morell Mackenzie.

  • Morell Mackenzie
Date:
1893
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Credit: Essays / by Sir Morell Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    The chief advantage, however, of Tenerife as a health resort is the facility for frequent change of air and scene which it ! offers within a very small area. In this I think Tenerife stands alone among the Canaries, and is not equalled by Madeira. Custom cannot stale the infinite variety of climate which this multum in parvo of an island contains within the : narrow circle of its own shores. If the Valley of Orotava is itoo relaxing, there is Laguna only a few hours' drive away, which is as bracing as Eastbourne, without its east winds ; if Puerto is not warm enough, there is Santa Cruz with the air of I who had lived in the island for twenty-three years told me she had never j experienced such a winter. San Antonio, Port Orotava (346 feet above mean sea-level). November, 1888. December, 1888. January, 1889. February, 1889. March, 18»9. Means. Barometer corrected \ ^ t'l]' f 9 P.M. Dry bulb . . ]^-;; Wet bulb . . Dew point . . { Vapour tension . -[qp'''' Cloud . . . ) 9 F.M. Relative humidity, f^'^ - mean of . ^ . I^p.m. \ 9 v.1,1. Rain. . . Average Maximum in shade Minimum „ Maximum on grass. Minimum ,, Sunshine .... Extremes. Barometer . . i Highest ( Lowest Shade temp. i Higliest ' 1 Lowest Solar radiation, max. . Terrestrial radiation, min. . Greatest daily rain Rainy days .... Quantity above or below ten years' average . . 30-206 30'195 66-3 63-1 61-3 59-8 57-1 57-0 0-480 0-469 4-8 4-5 I 75-0 0-513 0-064 69-8 59-3 138-5 55-5 3h. 48m. 30-396 30-091 73-8 54-9 152-8 51-0 0-170 8-0 -1-220 30-190 30*198 60-8 59-2 58-4 571 56-4 55-4 0-459 0-440 5-1 5-9 84-0 3-994 0-234 65-6 55-4 130-5 52-7 3h. 13m. 30-474 29-726 69-4 51-8 142-9 49-4 0-860 17-0 4-1-867 30-275 58-9 56-4 54-S 53-6 51-2 50-3 0-379 0-369 5-0 5-5 76-0 2-203 0-157 62-7 53-0 135-6 50- 1 3h. 27m. 30-579 29-972 65-5 51- 0 154-8 47-5 0-720 14-0 -f-195 30-241 OU £t'±0 6ii-6 56-6 55-3 53-7 50-8 50-9 0-373 0- 376 5-0 5-0 74- 0 1- 430 0-143 64-2 52-7 138-7 47-3 5h. 16m. 30-556 29 554 75- 5 50-0 149-3 39-9 0-520 10-0 —1-090 30-175 30-199 61-8 59-4 57-3 560 53-5 53- 2 6-412 0- 410 5- 4 6- 0 77-0 1- 174 0-147 64-5 54- 1 47-6 4h. 48m. 30-368 29-879 69-2 49-1 40-3 0-722 8-0 —-913
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