Bulletin, Випуски 12 – 20

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Weather Bureau, 1895
 

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Сторінка 25 - The friction must be continued under the blanket or over the dry clothing. Promote the warmth of the body by the application of hot flannels, bottles, or bladders of hot water, heated bricks, &c., to the pit of the stomach, the arm-pits, between the thighs, and to the soles of the feet.
Сторінка 20 - A sheet of copper constitutes a conductive path for the discharge from a lightning stroke much less impeded by self-induction than the same quantity of copper in a more condensed form, whether tabular or solid." (Sir William Thomson.) 3. The nature of the locality (see chapter I) will determine to a great degree the need of a rod. Places apart but a few miles will differ greatly in the relative frequency of flashes. In some localities the erection of a rod is imperative; in others, hardly necessary....
Сторінка 43 - Each forecaster in charge of a river center has a definite section of the river system of his district assigned to him. He receives the necessary telegraphic reports of rainfall over the tributaries to his river district, and also the necessary telegraphic data as to gauge readings nearer the source of the main river than his own station, and the gauge readings of many of the tributary streams. Some...
Сторінка 10 - ... source of the main river than his own station, and the gauge readings of many of the tributary streams. Some idea of the vast destruction of property due to floods may be gathered from the statement that the floods of the spring of...
Сторінка 24 - The operator should kneel behind the subject's head, grasp the elbows and draw them well over the head, so as to bring them almost together above it and hold them there for two or three seconds. Then he carries them down to the sides and front of the chest, firmly compressing it by throwing his weight upon them. After two or three seconds the arms are again carried above the head and the same maneuver is repeated at the rate of fifteen or sixteen times per minute.
Сторінка 36 - Co build, equip, and conduct, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, a quarantine station at such a place as may be designated by the National Board of Health.
Сторінка 12 - ... or — from the true mean temperature by a quantity which considerably varies with the hour of the day, the season of the year, and the elevation at which the observations are taken. The amount of the correction for the temperature of the air, as given by the various formulas, thus needs to be modified accordingly. In the absence of the data necessary for establishing the law of the decrease of heat on the vertical in the various layers...
Сторінка 22 - ... earthed, makes the most natural path for the flash. We have many instances, however (not to be confounded with cases of defective rods), where edifices, seemingly well protected, have been struck below the rods. 15.
Сторінка 68 - The Edisto is one of the principal rivers -of South Carolina. It is formed by the junction of the North and South Forks, which unite in the southern part of Orangeburg County. The South Fork, commonly known as the South Edisto, is the main river. The Edisto rises in Edgefield County.

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