Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 sider |
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Side 11
... centre of which , after traversing more or less of the Atlantic , arrives on the coast of Europe . The existence of this diminished pressure is made known by the barometer when the maximum depression is still at a considerable dis ...
... centre of which , after traversing more or less of the Atlantic , arrives on the coast of Europe . The existence of this diminished pressure is made known by the barometer when the maximum depression is still at a considerable dis ...
Side 29
... centre of gravity , the rate of its decrease with the height varies in different lati- tudes . Places at the equator being farther from the earth's centre than places at the poles , it follows that the force of gra- vity diminishes at a ...
... centre of gravity , the rate of its decrease with the height varies in different lati- tudes . Places at the equator being farther from the earth's centre than places at the poles , it follows that the force of gra- vity diminishes at a ...
Side 45
... centre of Africa , from which there are no observations , and where , consequently , the lines are hypothetical , they are made . dotted lines . 90. MEAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE FOR JULY . - It will be seen from Plate I. , representing the ...
... centre of Africa , from which there are no observations , and where , consequently , the lines are hypothetical , they are made . dotted lines . 90. MEAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE FOR JULY . - It will be seen from Plate I. , representing the ...
Side 46
... centre are scanty ; but as the North American observations show clearly a decreasing pres- sure from the coast towards the interior of the continent till it falls to 29.686 inches at Great Salt Lake City , there can be no doubt as to ...
... centre are scanty ; but as the North American observations show clearly a decreasing pres- sure from the coast towards the interior of the continent till it falls to 29.686 inches at Great Salt Lake City , there can be no doubt as to ...
Side 53
... of the equator - passing completely round the globe as broad belts of high pressure . They enclose between them the low pressure of the tropics , through the centre of which runs a narrower belt of ITS DISTRIBUTION OVER THE GLOBE . 53.
... of the equator - passing completely round the globe as broad belts of high pressure . They enclose between them the low pressure of the tropics , through the centre of which runs a narrower belt of ITS DISTRIBUTION OVER THE GLOBE . 53.
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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 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 St Petersburg storm summer temperature terrestrial radiation thermometers tion tropics tube upper currents vapour vols weather wind winter Yakutsk