Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 sider |
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Side 8
... examination of these mean daily temperatures brings out the interesting fact that , over extensive parts of the earth's surface , interruptions occur , at stated times in the year , in the regular rise and fall of temperature , thus ...
... examination of these mean daily temperatures brings out the interesting fact that , over extensive parts of the earth's surface , interruptions occur , at stated times in the year , in the regular rise and fall of temperature , thus ...
Side 38
... examined . It will be also observed that it is much larger in the dry climate of Nertchinsk than it is at St Petersburg . In the generally wet climate of Great Britain there appears , from Glaisher's Table for Greenwich , to be little ...
... examined . It will be also observed that it is much larger in the dry climate of Nertchinsk than it is at St Petersburg . In the generally wet climate of Great Britain there appears , from Glaisher's Table for Greenwich , to be little ...
Side 54
... examined , and the mean of them taken for the different latitudes , with the following result : - Latitude South . 45 to 50 50 to 55 55 to 60 60 to 65 65 to 70 70 to 75 Mean Pressure in each . 29.740 29.460 29.240 29.130 29.070 28.910 ...
... examined , and the mean of them taken for the different latitudes , with the following result : - Latitude South . 45 to 50 50 to 55 55 to 60 60 to 65 65 to 70 70 to 75 Mean Pressure in each . 29.740 29.460 29.240 29.130 29.070 28.910 ...
Side 58
... examination . The space from freezing to boiling he divided into 180 equal parts ; and since his zero - point is 32 of these parts below freezing , the freezing - point of water is 32 ° , and the boiling - point 212 ° . This is the ...
... examination . The space from freezing to boiling he divided into 180 equal parts ; and since his zero - point is 32 of these parts below freezing , the freezing - point of water is 32 ° , and the boiling - point 212 ° . This is the ...
Side 61
... examined , to ascertain whether any of the fluid has lodged in the top of the tube . This remark applies also to spirit thermometers which are ex- posed for common purposes outside windows . These I have often seen with a quantity of ...
... examined , to ascertain whether any of the fluid has lodged in the top of the tube . This remark applies also to spirit thermometers which are ex- posed for common purposes outside windows . These I have often seen with a quantity of ...
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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