Handy Book of MeteorologyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... examination of these mean daily temperatures brings out the interesting fact that , over extensive parts of the earth's surface , interruptions occur , at stated times in the year , in the regular rise and fall of temperature , thus ...
... examination of these mean daily temperatures brings out the interesting fact that , over extensive parts of the earth's surface , interruptions occur , at stated times in the year , in the regular rise and fall of temperature , thus ...
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... examine , analyse , and carefully study in detail the storms which have traversed Europe during the last few years , - when , from the growing popularity of the science , mete- orological stations have largely increased - with the view ...
... examine , analyse , and carefully study in detail the storms which have traversed Europe during the last few years , - when , from the growing popularity of the science , mete- orological stations have largely increased - with the view ...
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... examined . It will be also observed that it is much larger in the dry climate of Nertchinsk than it is at St Petersburg . In the generally wet climate of Great Britain there appears , from Glaisher's Table for Greenwich , to be little ...
... examined . It will be also observed that it is much larger in the dry climate of Nertchinsk than it is at St Petersburg . In the generally wet climate of Great Britain there appears , from Glaisher's Table for Greenwich , to be little ...
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... examined , and the mean of them taken for the different latitudes , with the following result : - : - Latitude South . 45 to 50 Mean Pressure 50 to 55 55 to 60 60 to 65 65 to 70 70 to 75 in each . 29.740 29.460 29.240 29.130 29.070 ...
... examined , and the mean of them taken for the different latitudes , with the following result : - : - Latitude South . 45 to 50 Mean Pressure 50 to 55 55 to 60 60 to 65 65 to 70 70 to 75 in each . 29.740 29.460 29.240 29.130 29.070 ...
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... examination . The space from freezing to boiling he divided into 180 equal parts ; and since his zero - point is 32 of these parts below freezing , the freezing - point of water is 32 ° , and the boiling - point 212 ° . This is the ...
... examination . The space from freezing to boiling he divided into 180 equal parts ; and since his zero - point is 32 of these parts below freezing , the freezing - point of water is 32 ° , and the boiling - point 212 ° . This is the ...
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