Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 sider |
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Side ix
... known . When the place was isolated from other stations the annoyance was still greater . Thus , since the height of Santiago de Chile , usually given at 2600 feet , is evidently 500 or 600 feet too high , the observations at this ...
... known . When the place was isolated from other stations the annoyance was still greater . Thus , since the height of Santiago de Chile , usually given at 2600 feet , is evidently 500 or 600 feet too high , the observations at this ...
Side 2
... , the treatise of Theophrastus contains nearly all that was known down to comparatively recent times . Partial explanations were at- tempted by Aristotle and Lucretius , but as they had 2 HISTORY AND SCOPE OF METEOROLOGY .
... , the treatise of Theophrastus contains nearly all that was known down to comparatively recent times . Partial explanations were at- tempted by Aristotle and Lucretius , but as they had 2 HISTORY AND SCOPE OF METEOROLOGY .
Side 4
... known , and the exaggerated accounts of travellers with regard to ex- cessive heat and cold prevailing in foreign countries , were reduced to their proper value . Thermometers were further turned to excellent account in the arts of ...
... known , and the exaggerated accounts of travellers with regard to ex- cessive heat and cold prevailing in foreign countries , were reduced to their proper value . Thermometers were further turned to excellent account in the arts of ...
Side 11
... known by the barometer when the maximum depression is still at a considerable dis- tance out in the ocean ; and collateral information pointing to an advancing storm is to be obtained from the direction of the wind and the cirrus cloud ...
... known by the barometer when the maximum depression is still at a considerable dis- tance out in the ocean ; and collateral information pointing to an advancing storm is to be obtained from the direction of the wind and the cirrus cloud ...
Side 13
... known . 26. In the schools of the United States of America , Me- teorological Observations , and the keeping of Meteorological Registers , form a part of the common education of the people . Also in the higher schools of France , and ...
... known . 26. In the schools of the United States of America , Me- teorological Observations , and the keeping of Meteorological Registers , form a part of the common education of the people . Also in the higher schools of France , and ...
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