Handy Book of MeteorologyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... soil , and ocean meteor- ology , are stated , in order that the attention of meteor- ologists may be directed to the most fruitful fields of research which the science presents . Meteorology has been too long treated with neglect , both ...
... soil , and ocean meteor- ology , are stated , in order that the attention of meteor- ologists may be directed to the most fruitful fields of research which the science presents . Meteorology has been too long treated with neglect , both ...
Página 65
... soil , which is more highly heated during day , and cooled to a greater degree during night than grass , the maximum temperature will be too high , and the minimum too low . E 139. Directions for taking Observations with the Thermo ...
... soil , which is more highly heated during day , and cooled to a greater degree during night than grass , the maximum temperature will be too high , and the minimum too low . E 139. Directions for taking Observations with the Thermo ...
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... soil of sand than of loam ; greater over black earth than over grass ; greater over long grass than over short grass ; greater with , than without , a proper venti- lation to the box ; greater the more the louvre - boards are apart ...
... soil of sand than of loam ; greater over black earth than over grass ; greater over long grass than over short grass ; greater with , than without , a proper venti- lation to the box ; greater the more the louvre - boards are apart ...
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... soils , because the latter imprison large quantities of air in the interstices between the particles , thus diminish- ing the conducting power of the soil . From this it follows that light loose soils are subject to higher temperatures ...
... soils , because the latter imprison large quantities of air in the interstices between the particles , thus diminish- ing the conducting power of the soil . From this it follows that light loose soils are subject to higher temperatures ...
Página 84
... soils , and at a depth of twelve inches the freezing point has only once been observed . But in clay soils , at three ... soil in winter in two ways— ( 1 ) it prevents the escape of heat from the earth to the air ; and ( 2 ) it sets a ...
... soils , and at a depth of twelve inches the freezing point has only once been observed . But in clay soils , at three ... soil in winter in two ways— ( 1 ) it prevents the escape of heat from the earth to the air ; and ( 2 ) it sets a ...
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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 minimum 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 south-west St Petersburg storms summer temperature terrestrial radiation thermometers tion tropics tube upper currents vols weather wind winter Yakutsk
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