Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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Página 81
... Scotland , whose mean summer tem- perature but barely exceeds the minimum heat required for the proper ripening of the staple objects of agriculture , the inquiry becomes invested with a peculiar interest , especially in examining ...
... Scotland , whose mean summer tem- perature but barely exceeds the minimum heat required for the proper ripening of the staple objects of agriculture , the inquiry becomes invested with a peculiar interest , especially in examining ...
Página 83
... and extreme tem- peratures do not penetrate so far down into light soils as into heavy soils . In Scotland , during the past nine years , the temperature at three inches below the surface has fallen to CHAPTER V. ...
... and extreme tem- peratures do not penetrate so far down into light soils as into heavy soils . In Scotland , during the past nine years , the temperature at three inches below the surface has fallen to CHAPTER V. ...
Página 96
... Scotland , during September and October 1858 and 1859 — that is , during the great annual fall of tem- perature - it was found that the mean temperature at a depth of 24 feet was 1 ° warmer than at 1 foot , and about 0 ° .8 warmer at 60 ...
... Scotland , during September and October 1858 and 1859 — that is , during the great annual fall of tem- perature - it was found that the mean temperature at a depth of 24 feet was 1 ° warmer than at 1 foot , and about 0 ° .8 warmer at 60 ...
Página 97
... Scotland the air varies 12 ° on the average . The greatest differences ob- served on any day in the temperature of the sea were 5 ° .6 and 5 ° .3 , amounts especially exceptional ; whilst the tem- perature of the surface of the land ...
... Scotland the air varies 12 ° on the average . The greatest differences ob- served on any day in the temperature of the sea were 5 ° .6 and 5 ° .3 , amounts especially exceptional ; whilst the tem- perature of the surface of the land ...
Página 99
... Scotland is about 6 ° .0 , on the land it is about 12 ° .0 ; and in extreme cases the variation on land is three or four times the variation on the sea . 212. Increase of Temperature with the Height during Cold Weather . This takes ...
... Scotland is about 6 ° .0 , on the land it is about 12 ° .0 ; and in extreme cases the variation on land is three or four times the variation on the sea . 212. Increase of Temperature with the Height during Cold Weather . This takes ...
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