Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to DayD. Appleton, 1887 - 472 pagini |
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... fall with a high or rising barometer , and sometimes there would be a fine day with a very low or falling glass . No reason could be given for these apparent exceptions , and the whole science of barometric readings seemed to be ...
... fall with a high or rising barometer , and sometimes there would be a fine day with a very low or falling glass . No reason could be given for these apparent exceptions , and the whole science of barometric readings seemed to be ...
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... fall into the very common error of thinking that because our barometer has begun to rise , the centre of the cyclone has necessarily passed over us . It is probably only the trough , but we will explain afterwards how we can tell ...
... fall into the very common error of thinking that because our barometer has begun to rise , the centre of the cyclone has necessarily passed over us . It is probably only the trough , but we will explain afterwards how we can tell ...
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... fall , but the sky would clear . The prognostic would then be said to fail , but the word is only partially applicable . The watery sky was formed and seen by the observer , because he was in the appropriate portion of the cyclone , and ...
... fall , but the sky would clear . The prognostic would then be said to fail , but the word is only partially applicable . The watery sky was formed and seen by the observer , because he was in the appropriate portion of the cyclone , and ...
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... fall ; and in our chapter on forecasting for solitary observers we shall explain why it sometimes rains while the barometer is rising , and why there is sometimes fine weather while the mercury is falling . Now to take prognostics which ...
... fall ; and in our chapter on forecasting for solitary observers we shall explain why it sometimes rains while the barometer is rising , and why there is sometimes fine weather while the mercury is falling . Now to take prognostics which ...
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... fall a halo - forming sky would appear , with the wind coming light from the south - east . Soon the sky would grow lower and denser , into what is known as a " watery " sky , and the wind would begin to veer towards the south and to ...
... fall a halo - forming sky would appear , with the wind coming light from the south - east . Soon the sky would grow lower and denser , into what is known as a " watery " sky , and the wind would begin to veer towards the south and to ...
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Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day Ralph Abercromby Vizualizare completă - 1887 |
Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day Ralph Abercromby Vizualizare completă - 1887 |
Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day Ralph Abercromby Vizualizare completă - 1887 |
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