Aiken and Thomasville as types of the inland health-resorts of South Carolina and Georgia / by W.H. Geddings.
- Geddings, Wm. H. (William H.), 1838-1892
- Date:
- [1886]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Aiken and Thomasville as types of the inland health-resorts of South Carolina and Georgia / by W.H. Geddings. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![and i» thns deprived of moat, of its moisture before reaching Aiken. Hence, during the first twenty-four or forty-eight hours of the prevalence of such a wiud, the atmosphere usually remains clear and bright; indeed, during some of our most delightful days the wind is from that quarter. Strangers occupying houses in an exposed situation are liable to form an impression that Aiken is a windy place, but this is readily dissipated by a walk through the town projwr. A year’s observation with a Robinson self-rtx'ord- ing anemometer shows that the average velocity of the winds is only three miles ami a half an hour. Taaut No. 11, Oituttff the directum and tedoedy of the mud at A Hen during the six colder month*. Vdorlty-: jVetodtjr— sif-rajp' Dirrviiijn. nitmlwr of | rMrwtkm number of mil* pw j miles per hour. ] boor. January ... S. W. & W t*77 April..... I 8. W. 4*0* February .. 8. W. 3H4 November.. K W. j 2&A March 8?» lb < eraber.. S W A W 3 04 Suhhh ary.—On looking over the meteorological data as given above, we find that the climate of Aiken and Tbomasville during the six colder months (November to April) is moderately cold and fairly equable, with sufficient elevation to insure good drainage and free circulation of air, that the days arc fair during two thirds of the season, and that the prevailing winds are from a dry quarter and of moderate velocity. At both places the winter is short, commencing at Christmas and terminating early in March, the peach-trees in Aiken being usually in full bloom by the end of February. <’ompared with each other, Thoinasville is by a few degrees the warmer of the two, but, as regards](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22310551_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
