Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 sider |
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... nights when dew is deposited , the temperature of bodies on the earth's surface is colder than that of the surrounding air . He also ingeniously applied the principles laid down in the essay to explain the manufacture of ice during night ...
... nights when dew is deposited , the temperature of bodies on the earth's surface is colder than that of the surrounding air . He also ingeniously applied the principles laid down in the essay to explain the manufacture of ice during night ...
Side 7
... night . It is to be expected that the discovery of the relations of atmospheric vapour to heat will soon be turned to account in explaining many questions in meteorological science . 16. Humboldt's treatise on ' Isothermal Lines ...
... night . It is to be expected that the discovery of the relations of atmospheric vapour to heat will soon be turned to account in explaining many questions in meteorological science . 16. Humboldt's treatise on ' Isothermal Lines ...
Side 34
... night hemisphere , separated by a great circle which re- volves with the sun from east to west in twenty - four hours . Hence these two hemispheres are in direct contrast to each other in respect of heat , and consequently evaporation ...
... night hemisphere , separated by a great circle which re- volves with the sun from east to west in twenty - four hours . Hence these two hemispheres are in direct contrast to each other in respect of heat , and consequently evaporation ...
Side 37
... night , the diurnal variation probably does not occur . 71. Since the whole column of the atmosphere , from the sea - level upwards , expands during the heat of the day , thus lifting a portion of it above all places at higher levels ...
... night , the diurnal variation probably does not occur . 71. Since the whole column of the atmosphere , from the sea - level upwards , expands during the heat of the day , thus lifting a portion of it above all places at higher levels ...
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... night ; and to record these , various thermometers have been devised , well known as maxi- mum and minimum thermometers . 125. Maximum Thermometers . - The maximum thermo- meters generally used are Rutherford's , Phillips's , and Ne ...
... night ; and to record these , various thermometers have been devised , well known as maxi- mum and minimum thermometers . 125. Maximum Thermometers . - The maximum thermo- meters generally used are Rutherford's , Phillips's , and Ne ...
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