Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... nights when dew is deposited , the temperature of bodies on the earth's surface is colder than that of the surrounding air . He also ingeniously applied the principles laid down in the essay to explain the manufacture of ice during night ...
... nights when dew is deposited , the temperature of bodies on the earth's surface is colder than that of the surrounding air . He also ingeniously applied the principles laid down in the essay to explain the manufacture of ice during night ...
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... night . It is to be expected that the discovery of the relations of atmospheric vapour to heat will soon be turned to account in explaining many questions in meteorological science . 16. Humboldt's treatise on ' Isothermal Lines ...
... night . It is to be expected that the discovery of the relations of atmospheric vapour to heat will soon be turned to account in explaining many questions in meteorological science . 16. Humboldt's treatise on ' Isothermal Lines ...
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... night hemisphere , separated by a great circle which re- volves with the sun from east to west in twenty - four hours . Hence these two hemispheres are in direct contrast to each other in respect of heat , and consequently evaporation ...
... night hemisphere , separated by a great circle which re- volves with the sun from east to west in twenty - four hours . Hence these two hemispheres are in direct contrast to each other in respect of heat , and consequently evaporation ...
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... night , the diurnal variation probably does not occur . 71. Since the whole column of the atmosphere , from the sea - level upwards , expands during the heat of the day , thus lifting a portion of it above all places at higher levels ...
... night , the diurnal variation probably does not occur . 71. Since the whole column of the atmosphere , from the sea - level upwards , expands during the heat of the day , thus lifting a portion of it above all places at higher levels ...
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... night ; and to record these , various thermometers have been devised , well known as maxi- mum and minimum thermometers . 125. Maximum Thermometers . - The maximum thermo- meters generally used are Rutherford's , Phillips's , and Ne ...
... night ; and to record these , various thermometers have been devised , well known as maxi- mum and minimum thermometers . 125. Maximum Thermometers . - The maximum thermo- meters generally used are Rutherford's , Phillips's , and Ne ...
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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