Le <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Chron.</abbr> <expan>Chromomètre</expan> </choice> retardait à <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007134 https://www.geonames.org/3646738">Caraccas</placeName> lors du départ en re<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />pos de 16″ par jour. Les <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="e48d9d1b-15de-42bb-8d9d-1b15de62bb42" corresp="#a15fb887-3373-49ff-9fb8-87337399ff67" type="editorialNote"><choice> <abbr>haut.</abbr> <expan>hauteurs</expan> </choice> <choice> <sic>correspondentes</sic> <corr cert="high">correspondantes</corr> </choice></ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="a15fb887-3373-49ff-9fb8-87337399ff67" corresp="#e48d9d1b-15de-42bb-8d9d-1b15de62bb42" type="editorial" resp="#CG">Vgl. zu dieser Messmethode <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/JUIGPC3H">Humboldt 1808–1811</bibl>, I, 16.</note> prises à <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016278 https://www.geonames.org/3625341">Cura</placeName> le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-02-15" calendar="#calRevolutionary">26</date> et <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-02-19" calendar="#calRevolutionary">30 Pluviôse</date><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>observat.</abbr> <expan>observations</expan> </choice> qui ne lais<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />sent pas 2″ de <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>doutes</sic> <corr cert="high">doute</corr> </choice> (<ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="a1165857-75c3-4c03-9658-5775c3ac039d" corresp="#cda569c9-ee70-4b0a-a569-c9ee704b0a47" type="editorialNote"><choice> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>page</expan> </choice> 182 du <choice> <abbr>Vol.</abbr> <expan>Volume</expan> </choice> II</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="cda569c9-ee70-4b0a-a569-c9ee704b0a47" corresp="#a1165857-75c3-4c03-9658-5775c3ac039d" type="editorial" resp="#CG">Der zweite Tagebuchband (vgl. <quote>Index général</quote>: <ref target="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020388/37r">ART V, 37r; ehd</ref>) entspricht heute dem dritten Band; vgl. <ref target="http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001527400000169">ART III, Bl. 90r; Digitalisat SBB-PK</ref>.</note> ) prouvent que <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />jusqu’à cette époque la marche en repos n’était pas <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />changée. D’après les expériences faites en <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008412 https://www.geonames.org/2985244">Provence</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> je comp<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />te par conséquent les jours de voyage jusqu’au <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-02-20" calendar="#calRevolutionary">1 Ventôse</date> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />à 23″. Le voyage de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008434 https://www.geonames.org/3629706">Portocabello</placeName> et les mauvais che<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />mins des <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="fcf3177f-cd17-40f2-b317-7fcd1710f21f" corresp="#b43e9848-bbf3-45c3-be98-48bbf3b5c3e2" type="editorialNote"><anchor type="target" xml:id="start_nms_1f3_2nb" />aguas calientes<anchor type="target" xml:id="stop_nms_1f3_2nb" /></ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="b43e9848-bbf3-45c3-be98-48bbf3b5c3e2" corresp="#fcf3177f-cd17-40f2-b317-7fcd1710f21f" type="editorial" resp="#CG">Vgl. <ref target="https://edition-humboldt.de/H1242132/21v">ART III, Bl. 21v; ehd</ref>: <quote>Heiße Quellen besucht am 18. Februar. Am südlichen Abfall der hohen Uferkette (Cordillera de la Costa [...])</quote> (vgl. <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/EJZWKDV2">Humboldt 2000</bibl>, 204).</note> et <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005120 https://www.geonames.org/3648563">Borbula</placeName> ont <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>augmenter</sic> <corr cert="high">augmenté</corr> </choice> le <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />retard. Car comme <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010945 https://www.geonames.org/3640465">Guacara</placeName> est à 26″ à l’est de <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009083 https://www.geonames.org/3625549">Valence</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> on peut réduire les <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>observat</abbr> <expan>observations</expan> </choice> faites à <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010945 https://www.geonames.org/3640465">Gua<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />cara</placeName> le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-03-05" calendar="#calRevolutionary">14 <choice> <abbr>Vent.</abbr> <expan>Ventôse</expan> </choice></date> sur <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">celles de</del> Valence. En les compa<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />rant avec l’avancement du <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>G. T.</abbr> <expan>Gardetems</expan> </choice> le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-02-23" calendar="#calRevolutionary">4 Ventôse</date><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />(<ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="d1b1588b-1756-4960-b158-8b17569960e3" corresp="#c43adb95-1644-4103-badb-951644210319" type="editorialNote"><choice> <abbr>Vol</abbr> <expan>Volume</expan> </choice> II<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> <choice> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>page</expan> </choice> 183</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="c43adb95-1644-4103-badb-951644210319" corresp="#d1b1588b-1756-4960-b158-8b17569960e3" type="editorial" resp="#CG">Der zweite Tagebuchband (vgl. <quote>Index général</quote>: <ref target="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020388/37r">ART V, 37r; ehd</ref>) entspricht heute dem dritten Band; vgl. <ref target="http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001527400000170">ART III, Bl. 90v; Digitalisat SBB-PK</ref>.</note>) on aura 22–23″ en tems moyen, ce <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />qui prouve que<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> comme dans ces 10 jours<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> il n’y a que <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />3 de voyage<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> que le retard avait augmenté <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>peutêtre</orig> <reg>peut-être</reg> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />jusqu’à 18–19″ en repos. Cette augmentation fut <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />progessive car à <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007015 https://www.geonames.org/3647444">Calabozo</placeName> les <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>haut.</abbr> <expan>hauteurs</expan> </choice> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>correspond.</abbr> <expan>correspondantes</expan> </choice> des <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-03-15" calendar="#calRevolutionary">24 </date>– <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-03-17" calendar="#calRevolutionary">26 </date>– <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-03-18" calendar="#calRevolutionary">27 <choice> <abbr>Vent</abbr> <expan>Ventôse</expan> </choice></date> donnent déjà au delà de 22″<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">en repos</del> <add place="intralinear">. De<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />puis</add> </subst> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002494 https://www.geonames.org/3649148">la bocca de Apure</placeName> nous avons <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">de</del> <add place="intralinear">d’</add> </subst><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />autres moyens pour connaître directement la quantité <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />de secondes que le <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>G. T.</abbr> <expan>Gardetems</expan> </choice> a perdu dans un espace de <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />jour donné. J’ai observé 2 fois à <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002494 https://www.geonames.org/3649148">la bocca de <lb /> Apure</placeName> (ou tout près <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>au</sic> <corr cert="high">du</corr> </choice> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007121 https://www.geonames.org/3747797">Capucin</placeName>)<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> 2 fois à <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002620 https://www.geonames.org/3648789">Atures</placeName>, à <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008589 https://www.geonames.org/3675650">Maypure</placeName>, à <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009866 https://www.geonames.org/3628394"> <choice> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>San</expan> </choice> Fernando de Atabapo</placeName> et en com<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />parant ces observations 2 à 2 on parvient à concevoir <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />combien de secondes de perte apartiennent à telle ou <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />telle partie du chemin. Voici les combinaison<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">s</supplied>.