A Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... wind and the cirrus cloud . Here , then , we have the materials for foretelling the approach of storms on the west coast of Europe . For though we have not the same advan- tages towards arriving at the degree of certainty of the Ame ...
... wind and the cirrus cloud . Here , then , we have the materials for foretelling the approach of storms on the west coast of Europe . For though we have not the same advan- tages towards arriving at the degree of certainty of the Ame ...
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... wind from its ordinary direction , indicate the presence of a storm at no great distance . By closely watching the wind and the barometer , the course the storm is taking can be readily known . 26. In the schools of the United States of ...
... wind from its ordinary direction , indicate the presence of a storm at no great distance . By closely watching the wind and the barometer , the course the storm is taking can be readily known . 26. In the schools of the United States of ...
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... wind . Also , since the temperature of the ocean is more uniform than that of the land , winds coming from the ocean ... wind ; whereas the polar current , gaining heat in its progress towards the equator , becomes a drier wind . Hence ...
... wind . Also , since the temperature of the ocean is more uniform than that of the land , winds coming from the ocean ... wind ; whereas the polar current , gaining heat in its progress towards the equator , becomes a drier wind . Hence ...
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... winds on climate . If the mountain - chains lie perpendicular to the course of the wind , and are at the same time of great height , the effect will be to some extent to divert the winds from their course . But the chief effect mountain ...
... winds on climate . If the mountain - chains lie perpendicular to the course of the wind , and are at the same time of great height , the effect will be to some extent to divert the winds from their course . But the chief effect mountain ...
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... wind . Nothing could present this in a clearer light than the winds which are found to occur dur- ing the November and December periods . Thus , during the cold period of November , winds from the N.E. , N. , and N.W. were in the ...
... wind . Nothing could present this in a clearer light than the winds which are found to occur dur- ing the November and December periods . Thus , during the cold period of November , winds from the N.E. , N. , and N.W. were in the ...
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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