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... tion to our welfare and interests . Improvements were made on the instrument by an Italian artist about 1655 , who used wider tubes , terminating in bulbs , and filled with alcohol ; and by Römer , who used mercury , and , starting from ...
... tion to our welfare and interests . Improvements were made on the instrument by an Italian artist about 1655 , who used wider tubes , terminating in bulbs , and filled with alcohol ; and by Römer , who used mercury , and , starting from ...
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... tion . The knowledge thereby acquired of the prevailing winds in different parts of the earth during the different seasons of the year , the region of calms , the parts of the oceans swept by devastating storms at particular seasons ...
... tion . The knowledge thereby acquired of the prevailing winds in different parts of the earth during the different seasons of the year , the region of calms , the parts of the oceans swept by devastating storms at particular seasons ...
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... tion . This state of things is the necessary consequence of the general neglect which meteorology receives in our educa- tional system . There are , however , a few noteworthy excep- tions . Meteorology has been taught for upwards of ...
... tion . This state of things is the necessary consequence of the general neglect which meteorology receives in our educa- tional system . There are , however , a few noteworthy excep- tions . Meteorology has been taught for upwards of ...
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... tion to be made to the observed height to give the true height . 34. The other error is technically called the error of capacity , and arises in this way : The height of the barometer is the dis- tance between the surface of the mercury ...
... tion to be made to the observed height to give the true height . 34. The other error is technically called the error of capacity , and arises in this way : The height of the barometer is the dis- tance between the surface of the mercury ...
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Alexander Buchan. till it reaches the maximum at the poles . This correc- tion is also small , being , for 1000 feet , less than 0.001 inch in Great Britain , and less than 0.003 inch at the equator and at the poles . 55. Since air is ...
Alexander Buchan. till it reaches the maximum at the poles . This correc- tion is also small , being , for 1000 feet , less than 0.001 inch in Great Britain , and less than 0.003 inch at the equator and at the poles . 55. Since air is ...
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