Editorial Note

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. About This Edition V
3. Contents VII
4. CONTENTS OF ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT: WRITINGS IN ENGLISH, PART II: 1825–1859 XIII
5. The Whole World in One Thousand Essays: Introduction to Alexander von Humboldt’s “Other Cosmos” XXIII
6. Editorial Note XLI
7. Acknowledgments XLIII
8. Alexander von Humboldt: Writings in English
9. Letter to the Author of this Journal; on the Bohon-Upas, by a Young Gentleman of This City 1
10. Extract of a Letter from Mr. Humboldt to Mr. Blumenbach, containing new Experiments on the Irritation caused by the Metals with Respect to their different Impressions on the Organs of Animals 8
11. A Letter from M. de Humboldt to M. Pictet, on the Magnetic Polarity of a Mountain of Serpentine 14
12. A Letter from Mr. Von Humboldt to M. H. Van Mons on the Chemical Process of Vitality; together with the Extract of a Letter from Citizen Fourcroy to Citizen Van Mons on the same Subject 19
13. On the Effects of Oxygen in accelerating Germination 25
14. Remarks on the above Observations 27
15. Von Humboldt’s Expedition to Spanish America 29
16. Extract of a Letter from M. Von Humboldt to Lalande 31
17. Humboldt’s travels through Spanish America 38
18. Sketch of a Geological Delineation of South America 42
19. Letter from C. Humboldt to C. Fourcroy, Member of the French National Institute 69
20. Letter from M. A. Humboldt to C. Delambre, Member of the French National Institute 75
21. Letter from M. Humboldt to C. Delambre, one of the perpetual Secretaries of the National Institute 80
22. Letter from Mr. Humboldt to Prof. Cavanilles 87
23. Account of the Travels of M. A. de Humboldt in South America, extracted from some of his Letters 90
24. Baron Humboldt 100
25. Baron Humboldt’s Travels in America 109
26. On the Variations of the Terrestrial Magnetism in different Latitudes 110
27. Experiments on the Torpedo, by Messrs. Humboldt and Gay-Lussac. Extracted from a Letter from M. Humboldt to M. Berthollet, dated Rome, 15 Fructid. Year 13 135
28. Experiments on the Eudiometrical Means, and on the Proportion of the Constituent Principles of the Atmosphere 139
29. Universal Diffusion of Life 175
30. Memoir on a new Species of Monkey found in the eastern Declivity of the Andes 176
31. Memoir on a new Species of Pimelodus thrown out of the Volcanoes in the Kingdom of Quito; with some Particulars respecting the Volcanoes of the Andes 180
32. Memoir on the Eremophilus and Astroblepus, two new Genera of the Order of Apodes 185
33. Baron Humboldt’s Description of the Mode of Catching the Gymnotus, or Electrical Eel 190
34. On the Cinchona Forests of South America 195
35. Account of the Ottomacs, a People who eat Clay 223
36. The Cataracts of Orinoco 227
37. Scenes in the Pampas 228
38. Observations upon the Face of the Country of Spain and its Climate 229
39. Cow Pock in Mexico 235
40. On the Volcanoes of Jorullo 239
41. Account of the Character and present Condition of the different Classes of Inhabitants in Mexico, or New Spain 244
42. Researches Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America; with descriptions and views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras 256
43. Yellow Fever 279
44. [Letter to the Editor of the Moniteur] 282
45. Extract from a report made to the class of phisico-mathematical sciences, on the 9th of Sept. 1811, by a committee, composed of Messrs. Hallé, Humboldt and Percy, on a memorial of Mr. Legallois, M. D. concerning the principle of action of the heart, and the seat of that principle 284
46. Description of the Ascent of the Peak of Teneriffe 294
47. Personal Narrative of the Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, During the Years 1799–1804 300
48. Population of the Canaries 338
49. Temperature of the Atlantic 339
50. Account of the Spermaceti Fishery on the Western Shore of America 340
51. Eye-Stones 342
52. Scenes at Cumana 343
53. On the Laws observed in the Distribution of vegetable Forms 345
54. The Southern Constellations 353
55. To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle 355
56. On Isothermal Lines, and the Distribution of Heat over the Globe 357
57. Characteristic sketches of american vegetables 439
58. Cavern of Guacharo 448
59. Curious Circumstance 450
60. [From De Humboldt’s Travels, part 2.] 451
61. On the Geographical Distribution of Ferns 453
62. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, During the Years 1799–1804 460
63. Remarks on the natural Family of the Grasses 478
64. On the Milk extracted from the Cow Tree (l’Arbre de la Vache), and on Vegetable Milk in general 485
65. Baron Humboldt’s Last Volume. Extract from Baron Humboldt’s Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent. Vol. 4 490
66. Baron Humboldt’s Last Volume. Extract from Baron Humboldt’s Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent. Vol. 4 496
67. Baron Humboldt’s Last Volume. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent. Vol. 4. London, 1819 501
68. Baron Humboldt’s Last Volume. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent. Vol. 4. London, 1819 513
69. Famine 520
70. Scenery on the Rio Apure 521
71. [Crocodiles of South America] 525
72. On the Temperature of the different Mines in America 526
73. On the Nocturnal Increase in the Intensity of Sound 529
74. Fish Flour 534
75. Humboldt’s Personal Narrative 535
76. Humboldt’s Personal Narrative. Dirt Eaters 537
77. Humboldt’s Travels 541
78. Indian Rubber 547
79. Memoir of Don Jose Celestino Mutis 548
80. New Inquiries into the Laws which are observed in the Distribution of Vegetable Forms 557
81. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during the years 1799–1804 580
82. Religious Opinions of American Indians 593
83. Shirt Trees 595
84. Stories of Crocodiles 596
85. War Poison of the Indians 598
86. [The famous Ahauete] 601
87. [The Guahibi mother] 602
88. View of the various Productions of the different Countries of the Earth 605
89. Description of the Muschelkalk and Quadersandstein 607
90. Visit of the ruins of Ataruipe 611
91. Extent and population of America 614
92. On Petrifactions, or Fossil Organic Remains 616
93. On the Constitution and Mode of Action of Volcanoes, in different Parts of the Earth 630
94. Analysis of the Water of the Rio Vinagre, in the Andes of Popayan, by M. Mariano de Rivero; with geognostic and Physical Illustrations of some Phenomena which are exhibited by Sulphur, Sulphuretted Hydrogen, and Water, in Volcanoes 645
95. Scenery of the Upper Oroonoko 659
96. South America—missions in the interior 661
97. Emendations 665
98. Sources 669
99. The Periodicals 687
100. The Works of Alexander von Humboldt 693
101. Population of the Canaries 699
102. Index of Names 703