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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... depth . The disturbing cause will then point , and affect the lower current , and the expanding volumes gradually of air , not being checked by a simultaneous increase of extending elasticity in the adjoining columns , will rush forward ...
... depth . The disturbing cause will then point , and affect the lower current , and the expanding volumes gradually of air , not being checked by a simultaneous increase of extending elasticity in the adjoining columns , will rush forward ...
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... depth as the warm season advances ; and , on the other hand , as the Sun declines in autumn , the heated soil acts as a warm body on the atmosphere , and gives out again the heat it had received , and as it were stored up . Similar ...
... depth as the warm season advances ; and , on the other hand , as the Sun declines in autumn , the heated soil acts as a warm body on the atmosphere , and gives out again the heat it had received , and as it were stored up . Similar ...
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... depths , as cir- cumstances would permit . Saussure , among others , made an interesting set of observations near Geneva , in October 1785. At the depth of 4 feet , he found the Observa- temperature to be 60 ° .8 ; at 16 feet 56 ° ; at ...
... depths , as cir- cumstances would permit . Saussure , among others , made an interesting set of observations near Geneva , in October 1785. At the depth of 4 feet , he found the Observa- temperature to be 60 ° .8 ; at 16 feet 56 ° ; at ...
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... depth , was made at O in the deepest level , 15 fathoms from the engine shaft . It was usually quite dry , and for some years no men had been employed nearer to it than at A. In this hole was inserted the bulb of a thermo- meter , four ...
... depth , was made at O in the deepest level , 15 fathoms from the engine shaft . It was usually quite dry , and for some years no men had been employed nearer to it than at A. In this hole was inserted the bulb of a thermo- meter , four ...
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... depth , the air would continually circu- late from the lower to the upper stages of the mine , and vice versâ , on account of the alteration of Specific Gravity , produced by the inequalities of heat at the different levels . A greater ...
... depth , the air would continually circu- late from the lower to the upper stages of the mine , and vice versâ , on account of the alteration of Specific Gravity , produced by the inequalities of heat at the different levels . A greater ...
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Сторінка 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
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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,
Сторінка 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
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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,
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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
Сторінка 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