Pl. 7 Antique Temperature Chart of the United States by Walker, 1874

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Pl. 7 Antique Temperature Chart of the United States by Walker, 1874

Name: Pl. 7 Antique Temperature Chart of the United States by Walker, 1874
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11875-7
Price: 560 USD
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Date: 1874
Kind: Maps
Size: 41 × 55 cm (16.1 × 21.7 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, minor wear. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: BG-11875-7

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About this piece

The mean temperature of the United States, an original color lithograph (Plate 7) from the Statistical Atlas of the United States based on the results of the ninth census 1870, compiled by Francis A. Walker and published in 1874. The title reads "Temperature chart of the United States. Showing the distribution by isothermal lines of the mean temperature for the year", and the note below states that it was constructed under the direction of Prof. Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, by Chas. A. Schott of the U.S. Coast Survey in October 1872.

The map covers the whole country, with the Great Lakes, the Gulf coast, the mountain ranges of the West and the Florida peninsula clearly drawn, and a line of the Mexican and Cuban coasts at the foot. The temperature belts are printed in tints of purple that grow deeper toward the south and the Gulf coast, with the lighter tones over the north and the Rockies. A credit line at the lower right says the chart was prepared for the atlas with the permission of Joseph Henry.

The plate is one of the climate and physical maps in the atlas, which set the people and wealth of the country beside its geography.

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