Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... inches , the temperature 51 ° , the wind from the N. E. , and R. , S. , and F. , rain , snow , or fair , as the case may be . The benefit of such a practice would , it is justly added , be incalculable , for ere long all who are inte ...
... inches , the temperature 51 ° , the wind from the N. E. , and R. , S. , and F. , rain , snow , or fair , as the case may be . The benefit of such a practice would , it is justly added , be incalculable , for ere long all who are inte ...
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... inches in length , open at one end ; fill it with mercury , and , closing the open end with the finger , invert it , and plunge the open end into a bowl ( c ) also containing mercury . The column will fall in the tube to about 30 inches ...
... inches in length , open at one end ; fill it with mercury , and , closing the open end with the finger , invert it , and plunge the open end into a bowl ( c ) also containing mercury . The column will fall in the tube to about 30 inches ...
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Alexander Buchan. would be 10,784 times 30 inches , or nearly five miles , if it were composed of layers equally ... inch , and if it be raised to 75 ° it is depressed a foot . In mercurial barometers the space in the top of the tube is ...
Alexander Buchan. would be 10,784 times 30 inches , or nearly five miles , if it were composed of layers equally ... inch , and if it be raised to 75 ° it is depressed a foot . In mercurial barometers the space in the top of the tube is ...
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... inches to 29 inches , an inch of mercury must flow out of the tube , and pass into the cistern , thus raising the level of the cistern ; if , on the other hand , it rises from 29 inches to 30 inches , mercury must flow back from the ...
... inches to 29 inches , an inch of mercury must flow out of the tube , and pass into the cistern , thus raising the level of the cistern ; if , on the other hand , it rises from 29 inches to 30 inches , mercury must flow back from the ...
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... inches of the scale not true inches , but just so much less as exactly counter- balances the error of capacity . The diameter Fig . 4 . of the glass tube is generally contracted in its middle OF THE ATMOSPHERE . 19.
... inches of the scale not true inches , but just so much less as exactly counter- balances the error of capacity . The diameter Fig . 4 . of the glass tube is generally contracted in its middle OF THE ATMOSPHERE . 19.
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