Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 strani |
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... Thermometer . - The invention of the air - thermo- meter , by Sanctorio of Padua , in 1590 , laid the foundation of a salutary revolution in the science , since it pointed to an exact determination of the temperature of the air , which ...
... Thermometer . - The invention of the air - thermo- meter , by Sanctorio of Padua , in 1590 , laid the foundation of a salutary revolution in the science , since it pointed to an exact determination of the temperature of the air , which ...
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Alexander Buchan. 8. But the great improver of the thermometer was FAHREN- HEIT . In the year 1714 he constructed thermometers , em- ploying two fixed points in graduating them - one indicated by the melting - point of ice , and the ...
Alexander Buchan. 8. But the great improver of the thermometer was FAHREN- HEIT . In the year 1714 he constructed thermometers , em- ploying two fixed points in graduating them - one indicated by the melting - point of ice , and the ...
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... thermometer and sliding scale are added to the instrument , so that it may be adjusted to the tem- perature at each observation . It is a very sensitive instru- ment , and well adapted for being used at sea and by travellers , Fig . 8 ...
... thermometer and sliding scale are added to the instrument , so that it may be adjusted to the tem- perature at each observation . It is a very sensitive instru- ment , and well adapted for being used at sea and by travellers , Fig . 8 ...
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... thermometer ; if , then , a barometer stands at a height of 30 inches when the temperature of its mercury is 32 ° , it will stand at 30 inches if the temperature be raised to 69 ° . This increase of the length of the column by the tenth ...
... thermometer ; if , then , a barometer stands at a height of 30 inches when the temperature of its mercury is 32 ° , it will stand at 30 inches if the temperature be raised to 69 ° . This increase of the length of the column by the tenth ...
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... thermometer 61 ° .7 , and the mean temperature of the air 56 ° .6 , the height of barometer above mean sea - level being 270 feet . Observed mean height , Correction required at 61 ° .7 ( Table I. ) , Reduced to 32 ° , Correction for ...
... thermometer 61 ° .7 , and the mean temperature of the air 56 ° .6 , the height of barometer above mean sea - level being 270 feet . Observed mean height , Correction required at 61 ° .7 ( Table I. ) , Reduced to 32 ° , Correction for ...
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