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Side 6
While in all these departments he contributed largely to our knowledge , his
attention was most successfully turned to the investigation of the hygrometry of
the atmosphere . Though the practical advantages he anticipated as likely to flow
from ...
While in all these departments he contributed largely to our knowledge , his
attention was most successfully turned to the investigation of the hygrometry of
the atmosphere . Though the practical advantages he anticipated as likely to flow
from ...
Side 7
practical advantages he anticipated as likely to flow from it have not been
realised , yet this difficult , and , in some points , still obscure department of
meteorology , is indebted to him more than to any other philosopher . The law of
the diffusion ...
practical advantages he anticipated as likely to flow from it have not been
realised , yet this difficult , and , in some points , still obscure department of
meteorology , is indebted to him more than to any other philosopher . The law of
the diffusion ...
Side 17
Now suppose the barometer falls from 30 inches to 29 inches , an inch of mercury
must flow out of the tube , and pass into the cisteri , thus raising the level of the
cistern ; if , on the other hand , it rises from 29 inches to 30 inches , mercury must
...
Now suppose the barometer falls from 30 inches to 29 inches , an inch of mercury
must flow out of the tube , and pass into the cisteri , thus raising the level of the
cistern ; if , on the other hand , it rises from 29 inches to 30 inches , mercury must
...
Side 21
On hanging up the barometer , care must be taken to lower the mercury in the
tube by turning the screw , P , before unfastening the float , F ; for if this be not
attended to , the pressure applied by the screw , P , will cause the mercury to flow
out ...
On hanging up the barometer , care must be taken to lower the mercury in the
tube by turning the screw , P , before unfastening the float , F ; for if this be not
attended to , the pressure applied by the screw , P , will cause the mercury to flow
out ...
Side 34
As the hemisphere under the sun ' s rays becomes heated , the air , expanding
upwards and outwards , flows over upon the other hemisphere where the air is
colder and denser . There thus revolves round the globe from day to day 34 THE
...
As the hemisphere under the sun ' s rays becomes heated , the air , expanding
upwards and outwards , flows over upon the other hemisphere where the air is
colder and denser . There thus revolves round the globe from day to day 34 THE
...
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Side 184 - That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a labouring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.
Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Handy Book of Meteorology |
| Forfatter | Alexander Buchan |
| Utgave | 2 |
| Utgiver | W. Blackwood and Sons, 1868 |
| Original fra | Oxford University |
| Digitalisert | 20. sep 2006 |
| Lengde | 371 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |