 | 1848 - 640 pages
...Fahr. below zero ; the density is .03573 ; and the atmosphere ceases altogether at a height of 32.35 miles. M. Biot has verified a calculation of Lambert,...very different, and extends to a much greater height. 1. Chemistry and Natural Theology, 2. The True English Summer, 3. News of the Week, 4. Madame Pfeitler,... | |
 | Literature - 1848 - 634 pages
...Fahr, below zero ; the density is .03573 ; and the atmosphere ceases altogether at a height of 23.35 miles. M. Biot has verified a calculation of Lambert,...very different, and extends to a much greater height. 1. Chemistry and Natural Theology, 2. The True EnulUh Summer, 3. News of the Week, •1. Madame Pfeilier,... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1848 - 574 pages
...below zero; the density is .03573; "and the atmosphere ceases altogether at a height of 22.35milcs. M. Biot has verified a calculation of Lambert, who...very different, and extends to a much greater height. GEOLOGICAL CHANGES. — PAST AND PRESENT. All the researches of modern Geology seem to prove that nothing... | |
 | Science - 1848 - 494 pages
...from the phenomena of twilight, the altitude of the atmosphere to be about 18 miles. The constitution of the higher regions of the atmosphere, according...very different, and extends to a much greater height. See p. 3, of the •Supplement to my Treatise on the Heat of Vapours, where I have given a table, shewing... | |
 | Science - 1848 - 448 pages
...from the phenomena of twilight, the altitude of the atmosphere to bo about 18 miles. The constitution of the higher regions of the atmosphere, according...adopted by Ivory is very different, and extends to a muoh greater height. See p. 3, of the Supplement to my Treatise on tho Heat of Vapours, where I have... | |
 | 1848 - 300 pages
...atmosphere to be about eighteen miles. The eondition of the higher regions of the atmosphere, aeeording to the hypothesis adopted by Ivory, is very different, and extends to a mueh greater height. GEOLOGICAL CHANGES. — PAST AND PRESENT. All the researehes of modern Geology... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 294 pages
...atmosphere to be about eighteen miles. The eondition of the higher regions of the atmosphere, aeeording to the hypothesis adopted by Ivory, is very different, and extends to a mueh greater height. GEOLOGICAL CHANGES. — PA8T AND PRESENT. All the researehes of modern Geology... | |
 | Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - Science - 1849 - 324 pages
...atmosphere to be about eighteen miles. The eonstitution of the higher regions of the atmosphere, aeeording to the hypothesis adopted by Ivory, is very different, and extends to a mueh greater height. See p. 3 of the Supplement to Sir John's Treatise on the Heat of Vapours, where... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1852 - 450 pages
...to any sort of barometer as yet produced. To form a thermometer the same shaped metal is employed ; or if for indicating the temperature of liquids, the...so that that uniformity may be as well understood as the uniformity of language or numeration. Suppose two metallic surfaces, by friction, or otherwise,... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1852 - 460 pages
...of watchfulness may peril the safety of the vessel. HEIGHT OF THE ATMOSPHERE. SIR JOHN W. LCBBOCE, according to the hypothesis adopted by him in his...very different, and extends to a much greater height. MICROMETRIO APPARATUS. ONE of the most original contributions to the " Great Exhibition," was the so-called... | |
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Fahr. below zero ; the density is .03573 ; and the atmosphere ceases altogether at a height of 22.35 miles. M. Biot has verified a calculation of Lambert, who found, from the phenomena of twilight, the altitude of the atmosphere to be about eighteen miles.... 