The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... temperature , and through the temperature the humidity . Comparing , then , the average pressure in January with that in July , which two months give the greatest possible contrasts of temperature , the following is the broad result ...
... temperature , and through the temperature the humidity . Comparing , then , the average pressure in January with that in July , which two months give the greatest possible contrasts of temperature , the following is the broad result ...
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... temperature of boiling water . In reducing the observations , it is necessary to assume a sea- level pressure if the place is at a considerable distance from any meteorological observatory . Previous to the publica- tion of Buchan's ...
... temperature of boiling water . In reducing the observations , it is necessary to assume a sea- level pressure if the place is at a considerable distance from any meteorological observatory . Previous to the publica- tion of Buchan's ...
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... temperature ( the annual maxi- mum occurring at the time ) , this oscillation is extraor- dinarily diminished , being exactly the reverse of what takes place during the dry and wet seasons in India . The diminution on the western half ...
... temperature ( the annual maxi- mum occurring at the time ) , this oscillation is extraor- dinarily diminished , being exactly the reverse of what takes place during the dry and wet seasons in India . The diminution on the western half ...
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... temperatures , even the lowest , and rises into the air in the form of an invisible elastic gas called aqueous vapour . The elasticity of vapour varies with the temperature . At 0 Fahr . it is capable of sustaining a pres- sure equal to ...
... temperatures , even the lowest , and rises into the air in the form of an invisible elastic gas called aqueous vapour . The elasticity of vapour varies with the temperature . At 0 Fahr . it is capable of sustaining a pres- sure equal to ...
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... temperature in summer than in winter ; and greater at midday than in the the atmosphere . The local expansion of the atmosphere by morning . It diminishes with the height generally ; but in heat during the day is greatest over land ...
... temperature in summer than in winter ; and greater at midday than in the the atmosphere . The local expansion of the atmosphere by morning . It diminishes with the height generally ; but in heat during the day is greatest over land ...
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