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of the atmospheric pressure of the globe , owing to the comparatively large
number of places from which barometric observations have been obtained , and
to the circumstance that fewer places are required to represent the pressure over
any ...
of the atmospheric pressure of the globe , owing to the comparatively large
number of places from which barometric observations have been obtained , and
to the circumstance that fewer places are required to represent the pressure over
any ...
Side xi
THE WEIGHT OR PRESSURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE , . . . 15 III .
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE , ITS DISTRIBUTION OVER THE GLOBE 43 IV .
TEMPERATURE , HOW OBSERVED AND CALCULATED , . . . V .
TEMPERATURE - SOLAR AND ...
THE WEIGHT OR PRESSURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE , . . . 15 III .
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE , ITS DISTRIBUTION OVER THE GLOBE 43 IV .
TEMPERATURE , HOW OBSERVED AND CALCULATED , . . . V .
TEMPERATURE - SOLAR AND ...
Side xii
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 15
CHAPTER II . THE WEIGHT OR PRESSURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE . 27 . THE
Barometer is the instrument employed to measure the height of a column of
mercury supported by the pressure of the atmosphere . From this height the
weight of ...
CHAPTER II . THE WEIGHT OR PRESSURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE . 27 . THE
Barometer is the instrument employed to measure the height of a column of
mercury supported by the pressure of the atmosphere . From this height the
weight of ...
Side 16
... if it were composed of layers equally dense throughout . But since , from the
diminished pressure and its great elasticity , air becomes less dense as we
ascend , the real height is very much greater , being , it is supposed , about 210
miles .
... if it were composed of layers equally dense throughout . But since , from the
diminished pressure and its great elasticity , air becomes less dense as we
ascend , the real height is very much greater , being , it is supposed , about 210
miles .
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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 |
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