JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
There have been a number of posts on this blog showing the comparative lengths of rivers and heights of mountain very artistically displayed–beautifully so, sometimes. I found this unusual example in an unexpected place–Rambosson’s Histoire des Astres… (Paris 1874) in its section on the Earth. I’ve never noticed it before, though the caption tells us that its source is from a relatively common-ish atlas by Drioux and Leroy, Atlas Universel de Geographie, which went through many editions. In any event, I thought I’d share it here, as I can’t seem to locate it in the original:
