Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 sider |
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Side vi
... causes of exceptional weather , and remarks are made with the view of suggesting how this knowledge may be turned to practical account . The importance of Iceland as the key to the climates of the greater part of North America and ...
... causes of exceptional weather , and remarks are made with the view of suggesting how this knowledge may be turned to practical account . The importance of Iceland as the key to the climates of the greater part of North America and ...
Side vii
... causes of this neglect are not far to seek : —the chief being the absurd preten- sions of weather - prophets and other prognosticators ; the free and bad use long made of electricity and other im- perfectly understood agents to explain ...
... causes of this neglect are not far to seek : —the chief being the absurd preten- sions of weather - prophets and other prognosticators ; the free and bad use long made of electricity and other im- perfectly understood agents to explain ...
Side 8
... causing un- settled and stormy weather in both at that time , is too obvi- ous to be longer dwelt upon . 17. In connection ... causes , the explanation of which will doubt- less lead to a juster conception of the disturbing forces of the ...
... causing un- settled and stormy weather in both at that time , is too obvi- ous to be longer dwelt upon . 17. In connection ... causes , the explanation of which will doubt- less lead to a juster conception of the disturbing forces of the ...
Side 9
... causes which affect the rainfall in the basins of the Rhône and Saône . Observers in Germany and Great Britain have been secured to co - operate with the French observers , and under the able management of M. Fournet , important results ...
... causes which affect the rainfall in the basins of the Rhône and Saône . Observers in Germany and Great Britain have been secured to co - operate with the French observers , and under the able management of M. Fournet , important results ...
Side 12
Alexander Buchan. of ascertaining the course storms usually follow , and the causes by which that course is determined , so as to deduce , from meteorological phenomena observed , not only the certain approach of a storm , but also the ...
Alexander Buchan. of ascertaining the course storms usually follow , and the causes by which that course is determined , so as to deduce , from meteorological phenomena observed , not only the certain approach of a storm , but also the ...
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