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Excerpt from Introduction to Meteorology
Figure of the Atmosphere. 20. Its specific gravity. 21. Density de creases with ascent; physical efi'ects therefrom. 22. Height computed by the Thermometer. 23. Boiling-point of water under various atmo Spheric pressures. 24. Sufi'erings from rarefied air: Gerard; Wood. 25. Batten, Moorcroft, Hearsay; explanation. 26. Effects of altitude upon sound. 27. Height of the Atmosphere. 28. Computed by refrac tion. 29. Mariotte's law. 30. Illustrated hypothetically. 31. Mean pressure weight of entire mass of air. 32. Pascal's experiment on Puy de Dome elasticity of the atmosphere. 33. Dove on Barometric oscil lations. 34. Diurnal tidal waves. 35. Anomalies; theory. 36. Other oscillations. 37. Diurnal variation. 38. Annual range. 39. Peculiari ties at Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. 40. Isobarometric lines. 41. Anomalous ?uctuations great depressions. 42. In?uence of winds 43. Explanation of Barometric changes.
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