Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... prevailed on matters of physical research , their explanations were necessarily vague , and abounded . with references to superstitious beliefs , often ridiculous and absurd . 5. Meteorology remained in this dormant condition for ages ...
... prevailed on matters of physical research , their explanations were necessarily vague , and abounded . with references to superstitious beliefs , often ridiculous and absurd . 5. Meteorology remained in this dormant condition for ages ...
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... prevailing in foreign countries , were reduced to their proper value . Thermometers were further turned to excellent account in the arts of brewing and horti- culture , and to objects affecting public health , and thus sub- stantial ...
... prevailing in foreign countries , were reduced to their proper value . Thermometers were further turned to excellent account in the arts of brewing and horti- culture , and to objects affecting public health , and thus sub- stantial ...
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... prevailing winds in different parts of the earth during the different seasons of the year , the region of calms , the parts of the oceans swept by devastating storms at particular seasons , and the laws of storms , has saved innumerable ...
... prevailing winds in different parts of the earth during the different seasons of the year , the region of calms , the parts of the oceans swept by devastating storms at particular seasons , and the laws of storms , has saved innumerable ...
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... prevails , the whole air , being warmer than in the other hemisphere , expands both vertically and laterally . As a consequence of the lateral expansion there follows a transference of part of the air from the warm to the cold ...
... prevails , the whole air , being warmer than in the other hemisphere , expands both vertically and laterally . As a consequence of the lateral expansion there follows a transference of part of the air from the warm to the cold ...
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... prevail during that season . The same peculiarity is seen , though in a modi- fied degree , at Moscow , St Petersburg , and Vienna . 79. At Reykjavik , in Iceland , the pressure in June is 29.717 inches , and in December 29.273 inches ...
... prevail during that season . The same peculiarity is seen , though in a modi- fied degree , at Moscow , St Petersburg , and Vienna . 79. At Reykjavik , in Iceland , the pressure in June is 29.717 inches , and in December 29.273 inches ...
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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