Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... whole , and account for all of them by the theory of dew he propounded - a theory so just and so complete that all succeeding observation and inquiry have only confirmed it . ' The Theory of Dew ' was published by him in 1814 , and must ...
... whole , and account for all of them by the theory of dew he propounded - a theory so just and so complete that all succeeding observation and inquiry have only confirmed it . ' The Theory of Dew ' was published by him in 1814 , and must ...
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... whole light ; that is , instead of making the vernier a tangent to the mercurial curve , as it should be , it is made the arc of that curve . Fig . 3 . 36. A Travelling Barometer , fig . 4 , has been constructed by Adie of London ...
... whole light ; that is , instead of making the vernier a tangent to the mercurial curve , as it should be , it is made the arc of that curve . Fig . 3 . 36. A Travelling Barometer , fig . 4 , has been constructed by Adie of London ...
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... whole of the air has been got rid of . On hanging up the barometer , care must be taken to lower the mercury in the tube by turning the screw , P , before unfastening the float , F ; for if this be not attended to , the pressure applied ...
... whole of the air has been got rid of . On hanging up the barometer , care must be taken to lower the mercury in the tube by turning the screw , P , before unfastening the float , F ; for if this be not attended to , the pressure applied ...
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... 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 feet the higher ...
... 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 feet the higher ...
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... whole pressure , the pressure of the dry air which remains shows the smaller maximum and minimum less decided . This peculiarity is the more strongly marked the farther any place is from the sea and the higher the mean temperature- that ...
... whole pressure , the pressure of the dry air which remains shows the smaller maximum and minimum less decided . This peculiarity is the more strongly marked the farther any place is from the sea and the higher the mean temperature- that ...
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