Humboldt remembered in Berlin lighted streets tale
A fragment from 1861 notes a Humboldt anecdote linked to a 1848 Berlin city riot, where revelers broke windows of lightless homes. The owner’s reply about scientific work prompted respectful amends as locals cheered Humboldt.
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