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Sometimes daily barometric means alone are published ; that is , if three
observations are made a - day , none of these three observations , but a mean
deduced from them , is published , — a figure which in discussing storms is in all
cases of ...
Sometimes daily barometric means alone are published ; that is , if three
observations are made a - day , none of these three observations , but a mean
deduced from them , is published , — a figure which in discussing storms is in all
cases of ...
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PLATE I . ISOBAROMETRIC LINES SHOWING THE MEAN ATMOSPHERIC
PRESSURE OF THE GLOBE FOR JULY . II . ISOBAROMETRIC LINES
SHOWING THE MEAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE OF THE GLOBE FOR
JANUARY . III .
PLATE I . ISOBAROMETRIC LINES SHOWING THE MEAN ATMOSPHERIC
PRESSURE OF THE GLOBE FOR JULY . II . ISOBAROMETRIC LINES
SHOWING THE MEAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE OF THE GLOBE FOR
JANUARY . III .
Side 4
In the year 1714 he constructed thermometers , employing two fixed points in
graduating them — one indicated by the melting - point of ice , and the other by
the boilingpoint of water at the mean pressure of the atmosphere . The former
point ...
In the year 1714 he constructed thermometers , employing two fixed points in
graduating them — one indicated by the melting - point of ice , and the other by
the boilingpoint of water at the mean pressure of the atmosphere . The former
point ...
Side 8
An 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 pointing to ...
An 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 pointing to ...
Side 29
Hence an addition requires to be made proportional to the height of each station
above mean sea - level . This addition is technically called “ correction for height .
” The amount of this correction is determined by the height of the place above ...
Hence an addition requires to be made proportional to the height of each station
above mean sea - level . This addition is technically called “ correction for height .
” The amount of this correction is determined by the height of the place above ...
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Handy Book of Meteorology |
| Forfatter | Alexander Buchan |
| Utgave | 2 |
| Utgiver | W. Blackwood and Sons, 1868 |
| Original fra | Harvard University |
| Digitalisert | 25. mar 2008 |
| Lengde | 371 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |