A Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... MOISTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE , IX . MISTS , FOGS , AND CLOUDS , X. RAIN , SNOW , AND HAIL , XI . WINDS , XII . STORMS , • XIII . MISCELLANEOUS , ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY , THUNDERSTORMS , WHIRLWINDS OR WATERSPOUTS AND TROMBES , AURORA ...
... MOISTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE , IX . MISTS , FOGS , AND CLOUDS , X. RAIN , SNOW , AND HAIL , XI . WINDS , XII . STORMS , • XIII . MISCELLANEOUS , ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY , THUNDERSTORMS , WHIRLWINDS OR WATERSPOUTS AND TROMBES , AURORA ...
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... moisture in the atmosphere , would appear to have sug- gested the idea of the hygrometer , an instrument of great value in meteorology , as indicating the quantity of vapour in the air , and , inferentially , the changes of weather ...
... moisture in the atmosphere , would appear to have sug- gested the idea of the hygrometer , an instrument of great value in meteorology , as indicating the quantity of vapour in the air , and , inferentially , the changes of weather ...
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... moisture , peculiar to dif ferent localities , and the usual periods of their occurrence , with a view to discover their effects on the health of the peo- ple , and on different agricultural products . With regard METEOROLOGICAL ...
... moisture , peculiar to dif ferent localities , and the usual periods of their occurrence , with a view to discover their effects on the health of the peo- ple , and on different agricultural products . With regard METEOROLOGICAL ...
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... moisture get mixed up with the mercury , and , if not expelled , will soon ascend to the top of the tube , and , forming an atmosphere there , will de- press the column . The air and moisture are expelled by boil- ing the mercury in the ...
... moisture get mixed up with the mercury , and , if not expelled , will soon ascend to the top of the tube , and , forming an atmosphere there , will de- press the column . The air and moisture are expelled by boil- ing the mercury in the ...
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... moisture is deposited in dew ; and since some time must elapse before the vapour of the upper strata can diffuse itself downwards to supply the deficiency , the barometer falls - most markedly at 10 P.M. , when the de- position of dew ...
... moisture is deposited in dew ; and since some time must elapse before the vapour of the upper strata can diffuse itself downwards to supply the deficiency , the barometer falls - most markedly at 10 P.M. , when the de- position of dew ...
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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