A Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... earth's surface than are required to show the temperature , the winds , or the rainfall . Since the information conveyed by isobarometric charts forms the basis of Meteorology , it has been necessary , in preparing this edition for the ...
... earth's surface than are required to show the temperature , the winds , or the rainfall . Since the information conveyed by isobarometric charts forms the basis of Meteorology , it has been necessary , in preparing this edition for the ...
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... earth . Radi- ation outwards from the earth towards space , or terrestrial radiation , was first taken account of by ... earth's surface is colder than that of the surrounding air . He also ingeniously applied the principles laid down in ...
... earth . Radi- ation outwards from the earth towards space , or terrestrial radiation , was first taken account of by ... earth's surface is colder than that of the surrounding air . He also ingeniously applied the principles laid down in ...
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... earth , shielding it from the sun's heat by day , and from the chilling ... science . 6 16. Humboldt's treatise on ' Isothermal Lines , ' published in 1817 ... Surface of the Globe , ' has given charts of the world showing the mean tem ...
... earth , shielding it from the sun's heat by day , and from the chilling ... science . 6 16. Humboldt's treatise on ' Isothermal Lines , ' published in 1817 ... Surface of the Globe , ' has given charts of the world showing the mean tem ...
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... earth's surface , interruptions occur , at stated times in the year , in the regular rise and fall of temperature ... atmosphere . 18. On the 15th of June 1752 , Benjamin Franklin , by the happily - conceived experiment of flying a kite ...
... earth's surface , interruptions occur , at stated times in the year , in the regular rise and fall of temperature ... atmosphere . 18. On the 15th of June 1752 , Benjamin Franklin , by the happily - conceived experiment of flying a kite ...
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... atmosphere on every square inch of the earth's surface is 14.7 lb. 50. Mode of estimating Atmospheric Pressure . - The pres- sure of the atmosphere is not expressed by the weight of the mercury sustained in the tube by that pressure ...
... atmosphere on every square inch of the earth's surface is 14.7 lb. 50. Mode of estimating Atmospheric Pressure . - The pres- sure of the atmosphere is not expressed by the weight of the mercury sustained in the tube by that pressure ...
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America antisolar point ascending Asia Atlantic atmospheric pressure average barometer blow Britain calm causes centre charts cirrus cirrus cloud cistern climate cloud coast cold colder column condensed continent Crown 8vo daily dew-point diminished direction dry air earth earth's surface east Edition electricity equator equatorial current Europe evaporation falls Fcap feet flow force globe greater heat height hemisphere Hence high pressure higher hour humidity hygrometer Iceland inch of mercury inches increase Indian Ocean isobarometric lines January John Herschel July latitudes low pressure lower Mauritius maximum mean temperature mercury Meteorological meter miles minimum moisture monsoon months northern northern hemisphere Norway observations occur ocean Orkney perature Plate polar current polarisation prevail Professor rain rainfall regions rises round Scotland season snow soil south-west St Petersburg storms summer temperature thermometers tion tropics tube upper currents vapour vols weather wind winter Yakutsk