Elements of Meteorology: With Questions for Examination, Designed for Schools and AcademiesPratt, Woodford, Farmer & Brace, 1855 - 240 pagine |
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Pagina viii
... Regions without Rain Egypt .. Peru ... Constant Rains .. Excessive Showers ... Rain without Clouds . Cause ... 74 75 75 76 77 77 78 79 79 80 80 81 82 82 83 83 84 84 85 CHAPTER II . OF FOGS . Fogs defined .. Constitution viii CONTENTS .
... Regions without Rain Egypt .. Peru ... Constant Rains .. Excessive Showers ... Rain without Clouds . Cause ... 74 75 75 76 77 77 78 79 79 80 80 81 82 82 83 83 84 84 85 CHAPTER II . OF FOGS . Fogs defined .. Constitution viii CONTENTS .
Pagina xii
... SHOWERS . Altitude 216 Velocity 217 Course ... 218 Magnitude . 218 Splendor .. 219 Meteoric Showers . 220 November Epoch .. 220 Varieties . 221 August Epoch . 222 Origin .. 224 Chaldni's Hypothesis . 225 CHAPTER III . OF THE AURORA ...
... SHOWERS . Altitude 216 Velocity 217 Course ... 218 Magnitude . 218 Splendor .. 219 Meteoric Showers . 220 November Epoch .. 220 Varieties . 221 August Epoch . 222 Origin .. 224 Chaldni's Hypothesis . 225 CHAPTER III . OF THE AURORA ...
Pagina 13
... Showers , and the Aurora Borealis . What is Meteorology ? Into how many parts is it divided ? Rehearse the several parts with their subjects . PART I. OF THE ATMOSPHERE . 3. As the common PREFACE 5 Subject defined PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
... Showers , and the Aurora Borealis . What is Meteorology ? Into how many parts is it divided ? Rehearse the several parts with their subjects . PART I. OF THE ATMOSPHERE . 3. As the common PREFACE 5 Subject defined PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
Pagina 64
... showers of hail fre- quently occur , and , at times , it is the scene of very extraordinary electric appearances . In the one which happened at Morgan , Ohio , on the night of the 19th of June , 1823 , a bright cloud of the color of a ...
... showers of hail fre- quently occur , and , at times , it is the scene of very extraordinary electric appearances . In the one which happened at Morgan , Ohio , on the night of the 19th of June , 1823 , a bright cloud of the color of a ...
Pagina 72
... showers that at times prevail ; the mode , how- ever , in which they originate , will be explained here- after . When a vessel is in the vicinity of water - spouts , can- non shots are usually fired for the purpose of destroying them ...
... showers that at times prevail ; the mode , how- ever , in which they originate , will be explained here- after . When a vessel is in the vicinity of water - spouts , can- non shots are usually fired for the purpose of destroying them ...
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Pagina 183 - When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45° on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or the current...
Pagina 183 - ... numberless series of pilasters, arches, castles well delineated, regular columns, lofty towers, superb palaces, with balconies and windows, extended alleys of trees, delightful plains with herds and flocks, armies of men on foot and horseback, and many other strange images, in their natural colours and proper actions, passing rapidly in succession along the surface of the sea...
Pagina 86 - They originate in the same causes as rain — the union of a cool body of air with one that is warm and humid ; when the precipitation of moisture is slight, fogs are produced ; when it is copious, rains are the result.
Pagina 191 - India probably arises from this cause. " A deep precipitous valley below us, at the bottom of which I had seen one or two miserable villages in the morning, bore in the evening a complete resemblance to a beautiful lake ; the vapour which played the part of water ascending nearly half way up the sides of the vale, and on its bright surface trees and rocks being distinctly reflected. I had not been long contemplating this phenomenon, before a sudden storm came on and dropped a curtain of clouds over...
Pagina 236 - I witnessed this phenomenon by myself, I should have been disposed to receive with caution the evidence even of my own senses, as to this last fact; but the appearance conveying precisely the same idea to three...
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