Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 sider |
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Side v
... Frequent occasion is taken to point out the bearings of the science on the practical affairs of life . The information is brought down to the present time , thus rendering it a handy book of reference on subjects connected with weather ...
... Frequent occasion is taken to point out the bearings of the science on the practical affairs of life . The information is brought down to the present time , thus rendering it a handy book of reference on subjects connected with weather ...
Side 12
... frequently Much might also be contributed to the meteorology of the globe by missionaries sent out to the islands of the Pacific , and other parts of the world remote from civilised society . If possessed of the principal meteorological ...
... frequently Much might also be contributed to the meteorology of the globe by missionaries sent out to the islands of the Pacific , and other parts of the world remote from civilised society . If possessed of the principal meteorological ...
Side 18
... frequent mistakes . The error is the less the more the surface of the cistern exceeds that of the column in the tube , because the fall or rise in the tube is spread over a larger surface . Hence it is desirable that the cisterns of ...
... frequent mistakes . The error is the less the more the surface of the cistern exceeds that of the column in the tube , because the fall or rise in the tube is spread over a larger surface . Hence it is desirable that the cisterns of ...
Side 20
... frequently made with an air chamber , at A , fig . 2 , by which any air that may accidentally find its way into the tube by the cistern is arrested in its ascent towards the top , and the in- strument sustains no damage from the ...
... frequently made with an air chamber , at A , fig . 2 , by which any air that may accidentally find its way into the tube by the cistern is arrested in its ascent towards the top , and the in- strument sustains no damage from the ...
Side 21
... advantages are counter- balanced by two disadvantages : 1 , the trouble of taking two observations , and the chance of mistake Fig . 6 . which would frequently arise in taking the difference of the OF THE ATMOSPHERE . 21.
... advantages are counter- balanced by two disadvantages : 1 , the trouble of taking two observations , and the chance of mistake Fig . 6 . which would frequently arise in taking the difference of the OF THE ATMOSPHERE . 21.
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