Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. [With] Plates, Том 51845 |
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... theory of winds , and their many modifications , opens also another interesting and in- structive field of ... theories of analysis ; and the Meteorologist rejoices to find , that the great laws which Newton delivered respecting the ...
... theory of winds , and their many modifications , opens also another interesting and in- structive field of ... theories of analysis ; and the Meteorologist rejoices to find , that the great laws which Newton delivered respecting the ...
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... theories seductive . ( 17. ) The great error which the cultivator of Meteor- the Meteorology has to avoid , is that ... theory , foretell the future changes of the weather many days before they happen , with a preci- sion , which the ...
... theories seductive . ( 17. ) The great error which the cultivator of Meteor- the Meteorology has to avoid , is that ... theory , foretell the future changes of the weather many days before they happen , with a preci- sion , which the ...
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... theory alone that we must expect Halley's to determine the distribution of heat over the surface theory . of the globe , so far as it depends on the immediate and instantaneous action of the Sun. In the year 1693 , previous to the use ...
... theory alone that we must expect Halley's to determine the distribution of heat over the surface theory . of the globe , so far as it depends on the immediate and instantaneous action of the Sun. In the year 1693 , previous to the use ...
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... theory from which it was deduced . ( 122. ) Lambert , † dissatisfied with the route followed by his predecessors , directed his attention to two very different objects . He investigated analytical expres- sions for the curves which ...
... theory from which it was deduced . ( 122. ) Lambert , † dissatisfied with the route followed by his predecessors , directed his attention to two very different objects . He investigated analytical expres- sions for the curves which ...
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... theory with observations Application made round the Transatlantic Pole , affords results of the theory equally satisfactory . In this case Dr. Brewster had to observa- recourse to the formula - 31 .... ( H ) , Mean temp . 86 ° .3 sin D ...
... theory with observations Application made round the Transatlantic Pole , affords results of the theory equally satisfactory . In this case Dr. Brewster had to observa- recourse to the formula - 31 .... ( H ) , Mean temp . 86 ° .3 sin D ...
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Страница 131 - night, colder than the atmosphere, by radiating their heat to the heavens, I perceived immediately a just reason for the practice, which I had before deemed useless. Being desirous, however, of acquiring some precise information on this subject, I fixed, perpendicularly, in the earth of
Страница 147 - discern, Or half-conceal'd some figure at the stern ; Boys who, on shore, to sea the pebble cast, Will hear it strike against the viewless mast ; While the stern boatman growls his fierce disdain, At whom he knows not, whom he threats in vain.
Страница 148 - The Rain Cloud. A Cloud, or system of Clouds, from which rain is falling. It is a horizontal sheet, above which the Cirrus spreads, while the Cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath.
Страница 27 - At Pékin, also, where the mean temperature of the year is that of the coasts of Brittany, the scorching heats of summer are greater than at Cairo, and the winters as rigorous as at Upsal,
Страница 147 - When all you see through densest Fog is seen, When you can hear the fishers near at hand Distinctly speak, yet see not where they stand ; Or sometimes them and not their
Страница 292 - When the length of the wave is great in comparison with the depth of the water, (as in the case of tide-waves,) the horizontal motion is sensibly the same from the surface to the bottom, and the vertical motion for different particles varies in the same proportion as their height above the bottom.
Страница 143 - of aqueous vapour, and the situation of the ground is such as to permit the cold air from the land to mix with the warmer air above the water, Mist or Fog will be the result. The density of such Mist or Fog will,
Страница 132 - whether on hill .. Sometimes, anon on shady vale, each night Under the covert of some ancient oak, Or cedar, to defend him from the Dew.
Страница 132 - a hollow cylinder of baked clay, the height of which was 2£ feet, and diameter 1 foot. On the grass, surrounded by the cylinder, were laid 10 grains of wool, which, in this situation, as there was not the least wind, would have received as much rain as a like
Страница 131 - in the pride of half knowledge, smiled at the means frequently employed by gardeners, to protect tender plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible, that