Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 sider |
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Side 8
... less lead to a juster conception of the disturbing forces of the atmosphere . 18. On the 15th of June 1752 , Benjamin Franklin , by the happily - conceived experiment of flying a kite , identified light- ning and electricity , thus ...
... less lead to a juster conception of the disturbing forces of the atmosphere . 18. On the 15th of June 1752 , Benjamin Franklin , by the happily - conceived experiment of flying a kite , identified light- ning and electricity , thus ...
Side 11
... 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- tance out in the ocean ; and collateral ...
... 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- tance out in the ocean ; and collateral ...
Side 16
... less dense as we ascend , the real height is very much greater , being , it is supposed , about 210 miles . 29. Other fluids may be used in the construction of baro- meters , which , being lighter than mercury , have columns ...
... less dense as we ascend , the real height is very much greater , being , it is supposed , about 210 miles . 29. Other fluids may be used in the construction of baro- meters , which , being lighter than mercury , have columns ...
Side 18
... 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 barometers be made as large as possible ...
... 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 barometers be made as large as possible ...
Side 19
... by making the inches of the scale not true inches , but just so much less as exactly counter- balances the error of capacity . The diameter Fig . 4 . of the glass tube is generally contracted in its middle OF THE ATMOSPHERE . 19.
... by making the inches of the scale not true inches , but just so much less as exactly counter- balances the error of capacity . The diameter Fig . 4 . of the glass tube is generally contracted in its middle OF THE ATMOSPHERE . 19.
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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