Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. [With] Plates, 5. kötet1845 |
Részletek a könyvből
1 - 5 találat összesen 100 találatból.
1. oldal
... Meteor ology . TABLE I. - Numerical Values of the. ology . tory obser- vations . Meteor ( 1. ) THE Condition of Man is so intimately connected with the various phenomena of the atmosphere , that he may , without impropriety , be regarded ...
... Meteor ology . TABLE I. - Numerical Values of the. ology . tory obser- vations . Meteor ( 1. ) THE Condition of Man is so intimately connected with the various phenomena of the atmosphere , that he may , without impropriety , be regarded ...
2. oldal
... Meteor- ology must have almost despaired of being able to trace fluctuations , any thing like uniformity , amidst the incessant fluctua- tions which the Barometer displayed . Influenced , ap- parently , by a multitude of capricious ...
... Meteor- ology must have almost despaired of being able to trace fluctuations , any thing like uniformity , amidst the incessant fluctua- tions which the Barometer displayed . Influenced , ap- parently , by a multitude of capricious ...
3. oldal
... Meteor- ology . wind is very distant from them . ( 13. ) With the most exalted branch of Physical Meteorology knowledge , Astronomy , the Science of Meteorology useful in stands in many interesting relations . In determining Practical ...
... Meteor- ology . wind is very distant from them . ( 13. ) With the most exalted branch of Physical Meteorology knowledge , Astronomy , the Science of Meteorology useful in stands in many interesting relations . In determining Practical ...
4. oldal
... Meteor- the Meteorology has to avoid , is that tendency , which has more ologist has or less existed in different stages of its History , to a to avoid . premature generalization departing from the narrow and cautious path which Bacon ...
... Meteor- the Meteorology has to avoid , is that tendency , which has more ologist has or less existed in different stages of its History , to a to avoid . premature generalization departing from the narrow and cautious path which Bacon ...
5. oldal
... Meteor rooting up what are commonly called popular supersti- tions , much valuable information may be lost . Many of the common adages respecting the weather , have doubtless had their origin in the observance of Meteor- ological ...
... Meteor rooting up what are commonly called popular supersti- tions , much valuable information may be lost . Many of the common adages respecting the weather , have doubtless had their origin in the observance of Meteor- ological ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
altitude angle appears architrave atmosphere ature canal Cloud coefficient colour columns Corinthian Order cos² degree density depending depth determined diameter direction distance Ditto diurnal diurnal tide Doric Order Earth effect elastic elevation ellipticity entablature equal equation evaporation expression Fahrenheit feet fluid force formula Gravity heat height high water horizontal Humboldt inches Isothermal latitude length longitude low water mass mean temperature measure meridian Meteor moisture moon moon's motion mountains nearly observations ology parallax parallel particles pendulum perature peripteral peristyle perpetual snows plane Pole produced pronaos proportion quantity radiation Rain regions remarks right ascension side sin² solar spheroid supposed surface syzygies Table temperature Temple theory thermometer tide-wave Tides and Waves tion toises triglyphs upper vapour velocity vertical Vitruvius vt-x walls whole wind
Népszerű szakaszok
131. oldal - 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
147. oldal - 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.
148. oldal - 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.
27. oldal - 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,
147. oldal - 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
292. oldal - 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.
143. oldal - 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,
132. oldal - 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.
132. oldal - 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
131. oldal - 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