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The advantage Water Barometers might be supposed to possess in showing
changes of atmospheric pressure on a large scale , is more than
counterbalanced by a serious objection . The space in the tube above the water
is not a true vacuum ...
The advantage Water Barometers might be supposed to possess in showing
changes of atmospheric pressure on a large scale , is more than
counterbalanced by a serious objection . The space in the tube above the water
is not a true vacuum ...
Side 17
1 shows the Cistern Barometer in its essential and simplest form , and it only
requires a scale , extending from the surface of the mercury in the cistern to the
top of the tube , to make it complete . Cistern barometers are subject to two sorts
of ...
1 shows the Cistern Barometer in its essential and simplest form , and it only
requires a scale , extending from the surface of the mercury in the cistern to the
top of the tube , to make it complete . Cistern barometers are subject to two sorts
of ...
Side 18
Hence , then , owing to the incessant changes in the level of the cistern , the
readings on the fixed scale are sometimes too high and sometimes too low . The
simplest and rudest way of compensating for this error is to ascertain ( 1 ) the
neutral ...
Hence , then , owing to the incessant changes in the level of the cistern , the
readings on the fixed scale are sometimes too high and sometimes too low . The
simplest and rudest way of compensating for this error is to ascertain ( 1 ) the
neutral ...
Side 19
zontal lines on the ivory float and supports , which are drawn so as to lie in the
same straight line only when the surface in the cistern is at the neutral point from
which the scale , G , of the instrument has been graduated . Hence , then , with ...
zontal lines on the ivory float and supports , which are drawn so as to lie in the
same straight line only when the surface in the cistern is at the neutral point from
which the scale , G , of the instrument has been graduated . Hence , then , with ...
Side 21
A graduated scale passes along the whole length of the tube , and when an
observation is made , the readings at the lower and upper limbs are taken , and
the difference between them is the height . There is another form of this
instrument , in ...
A graduated scale passes along the whole length of the tube , and when an
observation is made , the readings at the lower and upper limbs are taken , and
the difference between them is the height . There is another form of this
instrument , in ...
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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 |