Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. [With] Plates, 5. kötet1845 |
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18. oldal
... continued perfectly cloudless , with not a breath of air stirring , and a dew so copious as to run off the telescope in streams till about half past two A. M. I had to take the transit of 25 Herculis as a settling star , which passed at ...
... continued perfectly cloudless , with not a breath of air stirring , and a dew so copious as to run off the telescope in streams till about half past two A. M. I had to take the transit of 25 Herculis as a settling star , which passed at ...
40. oldal
... continued for many years , on more distant Isothermal lines , will be necessary to give the accurate position of the Pole of maximum cold ; while observations made near the Pole itself are extremely valuable in fixing its probable ...
... continued for many years , on more distant Isothermal lines , will be necessary to give the accurate position of the Pole of maximum cold ; while observations made near the Pole itself are extremely valuable in fixing its probable ...
51. oldal
... continued for ten years , proved that the minimum temperature occurred when the greatest heat prevailed in the atmosphere , and the maximum at the time of the greatest cold . Observa- ( 243. ) Mr. Fox , * of Falmouth , also has made ...
... continued for ten years , proved that the minimum temperature occurred when the greatest heat prevailed in the atmosphere , and the maximum at the time of the greatest cold . Observa- ( 243. ) Mr. Fox , * of Falmouth , also has made ...
78. oldal
... continued chain of snowy sum- mits , as the Alps of Swisserland , and the mountains of Himalaya , but it is , nevertheless , raised into seven enormous groups to the North of the Equator , at a pro- digious elevation . snows on ( 377 ...
... continued chain of snowy sum- mits , as the Alps of Swisserland , and the mountains of Himalaya , but it is , nevertheless , raised into seven enormous groups to the North of the Equator , at a pro- digious elevation . snows on ( 377 ...
79. oldal
... continued line through more than two points of the compass , and appearing in clear weather like white cliffs , with a very distinctly defined outline . Bengal exceeded 150 miles ; and a simple computation applied to the actual ...
... continued line through more than two points of the compass , and appearing in clear weather like white cliffs , with a very distinctly defined outline . Bengal exceeded 150 miles ; and a simple computation applied to the actual ...
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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
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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