Egypt : handbook for travellers / edited by K. Baedeker.

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1885-1892
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Credit: Egypt : handbook for travellers / edited by K. Baedeker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    spring, 77° in summer, and 74° in autumn. At Alexandria the sum- mer days are much cooler and the winter nights much warmer than at Cairo, hut the moisture of the air makes the heat much more op- pressive. In the drier air the constant absorption of moisture from the skin keeps the body at a much lower temperature than that of the surrounding air, and thus renders the great heat of the desert much more bearable than one would expect. The strong sea-breezes at Alexandria also make the heat of summer less oppressive than it is at many places on the Mediterranean situated much farther to the N. As three different thermometers are used in Europe, — those of Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Reaumur (1° F. = 6/9° 0. = 4/9° R.), — the traveller may find the following table convenient for reference. Fahrenheit .mimveajj Celsius Fahrenheit u pi P pi cS '<D Celsius S-3 •pH O S3 CD rH pP Cu + Reaumur Celsius I Fahrenheit! u ps § p 'CD P4 £ •rH 02 rH CD 0 +124 +40,89 +51,11 +99 +29,78 + 37.22 +74 +18,67 +23.33 +49 +7,56 +9,44 , 123 40,44 50,56 98 29.33 36,67 73 18,22 22,78 4S 7,11 9,89 122 40,00 50,00 97 28,89 36,11 72 17,78 22,22 47 6,67 S,33 121 39,56 49,44 96 28,44 35,56 71 17,33 21.67 46 6,22 7.78 120 39,11 48,89 95 28,00 35,00 70 16,89 21,11 45 5,78 7,22 119 38,67 48,33 94 27,56 34,44 69 16,44 20,56 44 5.33 6,67 118 38.22 47,78 93 27,11 33,89 68 16,00 20,00 43 4,89 6,11 117 37,78 47,22 92 26,67 33,33 67 15,56 19,44 42 4.44 6,56 116 37,33 46,67 91 26,22 32,78 66 15,11 18,89 41 4,00 5,00 115 36,89 46,11 90 25,78 32,22 65 14,67 18,33 40 3,56 4,44 114 36,44 45,56 89 25.33 31,67 64 14,22 17,78 39 3,11 3,89 113 36,00 45,00 88 24.89 31,11 63 13,78 17,22 38 2,67 3,33 112 35,56 44,44 87 24,44 30.56 62 13,33 16,67 37 2,22 2,78 111 35,11 43,89 86 24,00 30,00 61 12,89 16,11 36 1,78 2,22 110 34,67 43,33 85 23,56 29,44 60 12,44 15,56 35 1,33 1,67 109 34,22 42,78 84 23,11 28,89 59 12,00 15,00 34 0,89 1,11 108 33,78 42,22 83 22,67 28,33 58 11,56 14,44 33 0,44 0.56 107 33,33 41,67 82 22,22 27,78 57 11,11 13,89 32 0,00 0,00 106 32,89 41,11 81 21,78 27,22 56 10,67 13,33 31 —0,44 —0,56 105 32,44 40,56 80 21,33 26,67 55 10,22 12,78 30 0,89 1,11 104 32.00 40,00 79 20,89 26,11 54 9,78 12,22 29 1,33 1,67 103 31.56 39,44 78 20,44 25,56 53 9,33 11,67 28 1,78 2,22 102 31,11 38,89 77 20,00 25,00 52 8,89 11,11 27 2,22 2,78 101 30,67 38,33 76 19,56 24,44 51 8,44 10,56 26 2,67 3,33 100 30,22 37,78 75 19,11 23,89 50 8,00 10,00 25 3,11 3,89 Agriculture. I. Capabilities op the Soil. In the time of the Pharaohs the Egyptian agricultural year was divided into three equal parts, the period of the inundation (from the end of June to the end of October), that of the growing of the crops (from the end of October to the end of February), and that of the harvest (from the end of February to the end of June). At the present day there are two principal seasons, corresponding to our summer and winter, besides which there is a short additional season, corresponding with