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Side 4
The expansion and contraction of vegetable and animal substances with the
varying quantity of moisture in the atmosphere , would appear to have suggested
the idea of the hygrometer , an instrument of great value in meteorology , as ...
The expansion and contraction of vegetable and animal substances with the
varying quantity of moisture in the atmosphere , would appear to have suggested
the idea of the hygrometer , an instrument of great value in meteorology , as ...
Side 23
The glass is , however , a substance of some thickness , displacing mercury as it
is plunged into the cistern ; and as it thus presents a resistance to the ascent of
the cistern , the latter will come to rest when the quantity of mercury displaced is ...
The glass is , however , a substance of some thickness , displacing mercury as it
is plunged into the cistern ; and as it thus presents a resistance to the ascent of
the cistern , the latter will come to rest when the quantity of mercury displaced is ...
Side 25
The thin glass bulb , being elastic , is subject to compression and dilatation as the
atmospheric pressure is increased or diminished ; and as a small quantity of air is
left in the top of the tube , the column of spirits of wine rises or falls with the ...
The thin glass bulb , being elastic , is subject to compression and dilatation as the
atmospheric pressure is increased or diminished ; and as a small quantity of air is
left in the top of the tube , the column of spirits of wine rises or falls with the ...
Side 35
... when the deposition of dew is greatest , and before sunrise , when evaporation
and the absolute quantity of vapour in the atmosphere is least . 68 . Thus , taking
both causes into consideration , the maximum in the forenoon is brought about ...
... when the deposition of dew is greatest , and before sunrise , when evaporation
and the absolute quantity of vapour in the atmosphere is least . 68 . Thus , taking
both causes into consideration , the maximum in the forenoon is brought about ...
Side 61
These I have often seen with a quantity of spirit equal to 12° detached from the
column and settled in the top of the tube , my attention having been drawn to
them by the accounts of coldSiberian almost in intensity - alleged to prevail in
certain ...
These I have often seen with a quantity of spirit equal to 12° detached from the
column and settled in the top of the tube , my attention having been drawn to
them by the accounts of coldSiberian almost in intensity - alleged to prevail in
certain ...
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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 |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |