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Western Time: Heat

Summer Heat. The following figures show the extreme summer heat in the various countries of the world. Bengal and the African desert, 150 deg. Fahrenheit. Senegal and Guadaloupe, 130 deg. Persia 125 deg. Calcutta and Central America, 120 deg. Afghanistan and the Arabian deserts, 110 deg. Cape of Good Hope and Utah, 105 deg. Greece, 104 deg. Arabia, 103 deg. Montreal, 103 deg. New York, 105 deg. Spain, India, China, and Jamaica, 100 deg. Sierra Leone, 94 deg. France, Denmark, St. Petersburg, Shanghai, the Burmah Empire, Buenos Ayres, and the Sandwich Islands, 90 deg. Great Britain, Siam, and Peru, 85 deg. Portugal, Pekin, and Natal, 80 deg. Siberia, 77 deg. Australia and Scotland, 75 deg.

Italy, Venezuela, and Madeira, 73 deg.

Prussia and New Zealand, 70 deg. Switzerland and Hungary, deg. Bavaria, Sweden, Tasmania, and Moscow, 65 deg. Patagonia and the Falkland Isles, 55 deg. Iceland, 45 deg. Nova Zembla, 34 deg.

Heat. (Degrees Fahrenheit.) Ice melts, 32; temperature of the globe, 50; blood heat, 98; alcohol boils, 174; water boils; 212; lead melts, 594, heat of common fire, 1140; brass melts, 2233; iron melts, 3479.