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... height of about 4,000 or 5,000 feet above the sea - level . The fact ... barometer gives us the total pressure produced by the conjoint action of ... rises , is materially less than at their outer edges , where the upper Trade ...
... height of about 4,000 or 5,000 feet above the sea - level . The fact ... barometer gives us the total pressure produced by the conjoint action of ... rises , is materially less than at their outer edges , where the upper Trade ...
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... barometer . Hence we see that the barometrical column consists of two portions , of which one is due to the dry air , the other to the aqueous vapour . From this it is clear that , since on a rise of temperature , the air increases in ...
... barometer . Hence we see that the barometrical column consists of two portions , of which one is due to the dry air , the other to the aqueous vapour . From this it is clear that , since on a rise of temperature , the air increases in ...
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... increases , the temperature in Siberia rises very rapid so that the difference of temperature between northe Asia ... barometer falls 0.35 in in Calcutta during the same period , and in Barnaou nearly 0.44 in . By the month of June ...
... increases , the temperature in Siberia rises very rapid so that the difference of temperature between northe Asia ... barometer falls 0.35 in in Calcutta during the same period , and in Barnaou nearly 0.44 in . By the month of June ...
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... barometer . The temperature of the northern current i lower in proportion as its point of origin lies farthe north ... rising ; so that during the gradual lateral extension of the current the 84 THE CHANGEABLE WINDS .
... barometer . The temperature of the northern current i lower in proportion as its point of origin lies farthe north ... rising ; so that during the gradual lateral extension of the current the 84 THE CHANGEABLE WINDS .
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... barometer falls , the weather becomes thick , rain follows . In the meantime the wind becomes westerly . The rain still con- tinues , and the barometer rises . The wind changes to the NW . † Physical Geography , 1802 , p . 282 ...
... barometer falls , the weather becomes thick , rain follows . In the meantime the wind becomes westerly . The rain still con- tinues , and the barometer rises . The wind changes to the NW . † Physical Geography , 1802 , p . 282 ...
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April aqueous vapour Atlantic Ocean atmosphere August barometer rises Bay of Bengal blow calm centre clouds coast cold commencement Crown 8vo cyclone Dantzic December displacement district earth east easterly Edition equator equatorial current fact February fell following table gale height inches increase Indian Ocean Islands January July June Königsberg Kremsmünster latitude Law of Gyration March maximum Meteorological miles minimum Monsoon months northerly current northern hemisphere November observations October opposite direction Pacific Ocean path phenomena polar current pressure prevalent R. A. PROCTOR rain rise rotatory motion September ship side snow southerly stations summer surface takes place temperate zone temperature thermometer tion torrid zone Trade Trade-wind Trade-wind zone Typhoons vane velocity of rotation violent vols weather westerly wind it ceases wind shifted winter Woodcuts دو دو وو
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