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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... Heat , and with the Heat . distribution of temperature over the varied and unequal surface of the globe , Meteorology necessarily holds an in- timate connection . The principles are singularly curious which mark the gradations of ...
... Heat , and with the Heat . distribution of temperature over the varied and unequal surface of the globe , Meteorology necessarily holds an in- timate connection . The principles are singularly curious which mark the gradations of ...
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... Heat . tion . ( 4. ) With all the inquiries connected with radiant Heat , the subject of Meteorology is also most intimately con- nected . The atmosphere is influenced in different forms by the innumerable objects of the material world ...
... Heat . tion . ( 4. ) With all the inquiries connected with radiant Heat , the subject of Meteorology is also most intimately con- nected . The atmosphere is influenced in different forms by the innumerable objects of the material world ...
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... heat must de- crease progressively from below upwards . ( 34. ) Mr. Daniell next supposes the temperature The tem- of the sphere to rise generally and equally in all its perature to rise gene- parts , and traces the consequent increase ...
... heat must de- crease progressively from below upwards . ( 34. ) Mr. Daniell next supposes the temperature The tem- of the sphere to rise generally and equally in all its perature to rise gene- parts , and traces the consequent increase ...
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... heat be slowly increased below , its temperature must rise from one extremity to the other , and vice versa . But although such a change may take place , without increasing the length of the mercurial column at its lower extremity , at ...
... heat be slowly increased below , its temperature must rise from one extremity to the other , and vice versa . But although such a change may take place , without increasing the length of the mercurial column at its lower extremity , at ...
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... heat than would result from the elevation alone . A gradual process of cooling taking place in the higher portions of a body of air , would communicate itself to the whole mass , in an analogous manner to the equal diffusion which would ...
... heat than would result from the elevation alone . A gradual process of cooling taking place in the higher portions of a body of air , would communicate itself to the whole mass , in an analogous manner to the equal diffusion which would ...
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Стр. 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
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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,
Стр. 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
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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,
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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
Стр. 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