A Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... humidity , and the electricity of the atmosphere . INVENTION OF METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS . 6. The Barometer . - The invention of the barometer by Torricelli in 1643 , and the experimental proof of the weight of the atmosphere by means ...
... humidity , and the electricity of the atmosphere . INVENTION OF METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS . 6. The Barometer . - The invention of the barometer by Torricelli in 1643 , and the experimental proof of the weight of the atmosphere by means ...
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... humidity would go far to settle the point . 155. The more this subject is considered , the more caution will one be inclined to use in applying " Corrections " ( usu- ally so called ) of temperature , derived from the long aver- ages of ...
... humidity would go far to settle the point . 155. The more this subject is considered , the more caution will one be inclined to use in applying " Corrections " ( usu- ally so called ) of temperature , derived from the long aver- ages of ...
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... humidity . It also follows that forests lower the summer temperature , and maintain the winter temperature higher than it would otherwise be . This enables us to understand how [ forests increase the rainfall ; for suppose an extensive ...
... humidity . It also follows that forests lower the summer temperature , and maintain the winter temperature higher than it would otherwise be . This enables us to understand how [ forests increase the rainfall ; for suppose an extensive ...
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... humidity . Hence they should never be regarded as any- thing more than approximations to a correct indication of the quantity of vapour in the atmosphere over the place of observation . It should , however , be added , THE MOISTURE OF ...
... humidity . Hence they should never be regarded as any- thing more than approximations to a correct indication of the quantity of vapour in the atmosphere over the place of observation . It should , however , be added , THE MOISTURE OF ...
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... humid- ity and ( 6 ) the weight of a cubic foot of air at the pressure prevailing when the observation is made . 330. The formula of reduction , as deduced from Dr Ap- john's investigations , is as follows : Let F be the elastic force ...
... humid- ity and ( 6 ) the weight of a cubic foot of air at the pressure prevailing when the observation is made . 330. The formula of reduction , as deduced from Dr Ap- john's investigations , is as follows : Let F be the elastic force ...
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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