Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... practical application of the results of the inquiry to the prediction of storms , and consequently to the saving of life and property , a question the im- portance of which it would be difficult to overestimate . vi PREFACE .
... practical application of the results of the inquiry to the prediction of storms , and consequently to the saving of life and property , a question the im- portance of which it would be difficult to overestimate . vi PREFACE .
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... consequently the length of the column will not be the same as that of a barometer in which pure mercury has been used ; and , moreover , impurities will soon appear in the mercury , causing it to adhere to the tube , and , thus imped ...
... consequently the length of the column will not be the same as that of a barometer in which pure mercury has been used ; and , moreover , impurities will soon appear in the mercury , causing it to adhere to the tube , and , thus imped ...
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... consequently there is an excess of upward pressure from the atmosphere which tends to raise the cistern . When the excess of upward pressure is exactly balanced by the weight of the cistern with its stalk and contained mercury up to b ...
... consequently there is an excess of upward pressure from the atmosphere which tends to raise the cistern . When the excess of upward pressure is exactly balanced by the weight of the cistern with its stalk and contained mercury up to b ...
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... consequently pressing on them , the correction for height becomes less . Let H be the height in feet of a column of air at the given temperature required to balance 1 inch of mercury ; ƒ the height of the place above sea - level ; h ...
... consequently pressing on them , the correction for height becomes less . Let H be the height in feet of a column of air at the given temperature required to balance 1 inch of mercury ; ƒ the height of the place above sea - level ; h ...
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... consequently the mean temperature of the air is closely approximated to , the more accurate methods of reducing barometric observations to sea - level given in Guyot's admirable Meteorological and Physical Tables , ' which ought to be ...
... consequently the mean temperature of the air is closely approximated to , the more accurate methods of reducing barometric observations to sea - level given in Guyot's admirable Meteorological and Physical Tables , ' which ought to be ...
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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 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 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 St Petersburg storm summer temperature terrestrial radiation thermometers tion tropics tube upper currents vapour vols weather wind winter Yakutsk