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... the barometric measurement of heights , the tradewinds , evaporation , and
natural and artificial climates . While in all these departments he contributed
largely to our knowledge , his attention was most successfully turned to the
investigation ...
... the barometric measurement of heights , the tradewinds , evaporation , and
natural and artificial climates . While in all these departments he contributed
largely to our knowledge , his attention was most successfully turned to the
investigation ...
Side 34
Hence these two hemispheres are in direct contrast to each other in respect of
heat , and consequently evaporation , which depends on the temperature . The
hemisphere exposed to the sun is warm , and the hemisphere turned in the other
...
Hence these two hemispheres are in direct contrast to each other in respect of
heat , and consequently evaporation , which depends on the temperature . The
hemisphere exposed to the sun is warm , and the hemisphere turned in the other
...
Side 35
Vapour tends to diffuse itself equally through the air ; but , as the particles of air
offer an obstruction to the watery particles , the vapour is accumulated or pent up
in the lower stratum of the atmosphere about 9 or 10 A . M . , when evaporation is
...
Vapour tends to diffuse itself equally through the air ; but , as the particles of air
offer an obstruction to the watery particles , the vapour is accumulated or pent up
in the lower stratum of the atmosphere about 9 or 10 A . M . , when evaporation is
...
Side 36
But as the vapour becomes more equally diffused and the air more saturated ,
evaporation proceeds more languidly ; the air becomes also more expanded by
the heat , and flows away to meet the diurnal wave of cold advancing from the ...
But as the vapour becomes more equally diffused and the air more saturated ,
evaporation proceeds more languidly ; the air becomes also more expanded by
the heat , and flows away to meet the diurnal wave of cold advancing from the ...
Side 39
But the production of aqueous vapour by evaporation being most active in
summer , the pressure on the barometer will be increased from this cause . As the
aqueous vapour is transferred to the colder hemisphere it will be there
condensed ...
But the production of aqueous vapour by evaporation being most active in
summer , the pressure on the barometer will be increased from this cause . As the
aqueous vapour is transferred to the colder hemisphere it will be there
condensed ...
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