Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 sider |
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Side 6
... evaporation , and natural and artificial climates . While in all these departments he contributed largely to our know- ledge , his attention was most successfully turned to the inves- tigation of the hygrometry of the atmosphere ...
... evaporation , and natural and artificial climates . While in all these departments he contributed largely to our know- ledge , his attention was most successfully turned to the inves- tigation of the hygrometry of the atmosphere ...
Side 34
... evaporation , which depends on the temperature . The hemisphere exposed to the sun is warm , and the hemisphere turned in the other direc- tion is cold . Owing to the short time of each revolution , the period of greatest heat is not at ...
... evaporation , which depends on the temperature . The hemisphere exposed to the sun is warm , and the hemisphere turned in the other direc- tion is cold . Owing to the short time of each revolution , the period of greatest heat is not at ...
Side 35
... evaporation , the ac- cumulation of vapour near the surface is greatest , and the second about sunset , or just before dew begins to be de- posited , when the absolute amount of vapour in the atmo- sphere is greatest ; and the minima in ...
... evaporation , the ac- cumulation of vapour near the surface is greatest , and the second about sunset , or just before dew begins to be de- posited , when the absolute amount of vapour in the atmo- sphere is greatest ; and the minima in ...
Side 36
... evaporation proceeds more languidly ; the air becomes also more expanded by the heat , and flows away to meet the ... evaporating surfaces , or by moist winds . Thus the smaller maximum and minimum are apparent in the curve of dry air at ...
... evaporation proceeds more languidly ; the air becomes also more expanded by the heat , and flows away to meet the ... evaporating surfaces , or by moist winds . Thus the smaller maximum and minimum are apparent in the curve of dry air at ...
Side 39
... evaporation being most active in summer , the pressure on the barometer will be increased from this cause . As the aqueous vapour is transferred to the colder hemisphere it will be there condensed into rain , and being thereby with ...
... evaporation being most active in summer , the pressure on the barometer will be increased from this cause . As the aqueous vapour is transferred to the colder hemisphere it will be there condensed into rain , and being thereby with ...
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