Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ... index. The figures, unless where otherwise expressed, refer to paragraphs, and not to pages. Abnormal temperatures caused by ocean-currents, 168. Adie, J., travelling barometer, 32. Adie, R., conservatory hygrometer, 243. Adie, A., sympiesometer, 39. Agriculture, relation of temperature to, 119. Air-thermometer, invention of, 4. America, influence of ita large lakes on the climate, 151, 199. Anemometers, 329. Aneroid barometer, 38. Anthelia, or glories of light, 468. Apjohn's formula, 251. April, cold period of, 220. Aqueous vapour as a disturbing influ-ence on the atmosphere, 80. Arago on lightning, 443. Artesian wells show temperature in-creasing with depth, 188. Atmometer, 235. Atmosphere, height deduced from met-eors, 474. Atmospheric pressure, mode of measur-ing, 44; distribution over the globe, Chap. iii.; its relation to temperature, Chap. vii.; to temperature, winds, vapour, rain, Ac., passim; causes of unequal distribution, 361 et seq. Aurora borealis, 454; height, 456; rela-tion to terrestrial magnetism, 459; distribution over the earth, 455. Australian harmattan, 386. Bacon, Lord, 375. Baddeley on dust-whirlwinds, 452. Baker, Sir 8. W., dust-whirlwinds of Nubia, 452. Ballot, Dr Buys, 14, 87; Law Of The Winds, 357,401; apparent exceptions to, 404. Barometer, invention, S; description of, 24; neutral point of, so; mode of removing from place to place, and of expelling air from, 83; must be hung perpendicularly, 34; scales, 45; re-ducing to 32, 41; correction for height, 46; table-pages, 207, 208; example showing method of reducing, 53; daily variation, 55; do. of dry air, 61; annual variation, 66; corrections for range, their use and abuse, 65; variations, where large, 68; low in storms not the effect of centrifugal force, 432;...
