Norway Yearbook - 2000

Lithographic plate taken
from C. de Seues, Le Névé
de Justedal et ses Glaciers,
Christiania 1870. The
study includes many tables
that show the glaciers
thickness and movement at
a number of points, based
on measurements made by
de Seue in 1867, 1868 and
1869 together with his
assistants, Hans Andresen
Tutte and Christoffer
Nummedal.
NORSKE KIRKER
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Part of a map taken from H.
Mohn's, Lynildes Fartighed i
ì'lorge bel yst ved Krrkers
Ødelseggelsc ved Iynslag raed
en Vejledning ¿il Forfrrdigelse
og Opsaening of Lynafledere
('The Danger of Lightning in
Noiwa illustrated by the
Destruction of Churches by
Lightning Strikes, with
Instructions for the
Completion and Installation
of Lightning Rods"),
Christiania 1875, which
shows the main churches
and chapels otease struck by
lightning in Eastern Norway.
The nsap is based on a table
with the number of churches
that had definitely been
struck by lightning between
1392 and 1874. In Western
Norway, most lightning
strikes occurred in February,
while Eastern Norway had
the most lightning strikes in
July.
Environment