Handy Book of MeteorologyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1868 - 371 sider |
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... directions for placing them in situations and in positions best suited for observation , pointed out how they are liable to get out of order , and explained the methods by which they may be put right when they happen to go wrong . The ...
... directions for placing them in situations and in positions best suited for observation , pointed out how they are liable to get out of order , and explained the methods by which they may be put right when they happen to go wrong . The ...
Side 8
... direction , that Societies and Governments will undertake the preparation and publication of similar charts , which are of inestimable value , not merely as indicating the climates of different countries , but also as showing how the ...
... direction , that Societies and Governments will undertake the preparation and publication of similar charts , which are of inestimable value , not merely as indicating the climates of different countries , but also as showing how the ...
Side 11
... direction of the wind and the cirrus cloud . Here , then , we have the materials for foretelling the approach of storms on the west coast of Europe . For though we have not the same advan- tages towards arriving at the degree of ...
... direction of the wind and the cirrus cloud . Here , then , we have the materials for foretelling the approach of storms on the west coast of Europe . For though we have not the same advan- tages towards arriving at the degree of ...
Side 12
... direction and force of the winds , each morning over Europe , together with tables of temperature , rainfall , cloud , and sea disturbance . 25. The next important step to be taken in the develop- ment of the capabilities of the science ...
... direction and force of the winds , each morning over Europe , together with tables of temperature , rainfall , cloud , and sea disturbance . 25. The next important step to be taken in the develop- ment of the capabilities of the science ...
Side 13
... direction , indicate the presence of a storm at no great distance . By closely watching the wind and the barometer , the course the storm is taking can be readily known . 26. In the schools of the United States of America , Me ...
... direction , indicate the presence of a storm at no great distance . By closely watching the wind and the barometer , the course the storm is taking can be readily known . 26. In the schools of the United States of America , Me ...
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