Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... perature , " are wholly new , and the Chapter on " Winds is almost altogether new . The intimate connection of temperature with pressure is illustrated by the excep- tional weather of last year ( 1867 ) , the chief instances adduced ...
... perature , " are wholly new , and the Chapter on " Winds is almost altogether new . The intimate connection of temperature with pressure is illustrated by the excep- tional weather of last year ( 1867 ) , the chief instances adduced ...
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... perature for each month and for the year , together with charts of abnormal temperature . It is scarcely possible to over - esti- mate the value of this work ; for , though to some extent the lines are hypothetical , there can be no ...
... perature for each month and for the year , together with charts of abnormal temperature . It is scarcely possible to over - esti- mate the value of this work ; for , though to some extent the lines are hypothetical , there can be no ...
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... adjusted to the tem- perature at each observation . It is a very sensitive instru- ment , and well adapted for being used at sea and by travellers , Fig . 8 . but it is not suited for exact observation . The 24 THE WEIGHT OR PRESSURE.
... adjusted to the tem- perature at each observation . It is a very sensitive instru- ment , and well adapted for being used at sea and by travellers , Fig . 8 . but it is not suited for exact observation . The 24 THE WEIGHT OR PRESSURE.
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... perature of the whole stratum of air from the higher station down to sea - level . Since the temperature falls one degree for about every 300 feet of elevation , the temperature of the air will require to be increased 1 ° for every 600 ...
... perature of the whole stratum of air from the higher station down to sea - level . Since the temperature falls one degree for about every 300 feet of elevation , the temperature of the air will require to be increased 1 ° for every 600 ...
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... perature is at no season very different from that of surround- ing countries , and the vapour and rainfall are at no time much in excess or defect , but are more equally distributed over the different months of the year . 81. At the ...
... perature is at no season very different from that of surround- ing countries , and the vapour and rainfall are at no time much in excess or defect , but are more equally distributed over the different months of the year . 81. At the ...
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