Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- AN ESSAY UPON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE
- PART I On the Habitudes of an Atmosphere of perfectly-dry, permanently-elastic Fluid
- PART II On the Habitudes of an Atmosphere of Pure Aqueous Vapour
- PART III On the Habitudes of an Atmosphere of permanently-elastic Fluid, mixed with aqueous Vapour
- PART IV Examination of the Particular Phenomena of the Atmosphere of the Earth
- AN ESSAY UPON THE CONSTRUCTION AND USES OF A NEW HYGROMETER
- AN ESSAY UPON THE RADIATION OF HEAT IN THE ATMOSPHERE
- AN ESSAY UPON THE HORARY OSCILLATIONS OF THE BAROMETER
- AN ESSAY UPON THE CLIMATE OF LONDON
- METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT MADEIRA, SIERRA LEONE, JAMAICA, AND OTHER STATIONS, BETWEEN THE TROPICS’
- METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN BRAZIL, AND ON THE EQUATOR
- REMARKS UPON THE BAROMETER AND THERMOMETER, AND THE MODE OF USING METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS IN GENERAL
- BAROMETRICAL EXPERIMENTS UPON HEIGHTS
- METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL
- ON THE TRADE WINDS: CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO MR. DANIELL'S THEORY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE
- ON EVAPORATION, AS CONNECTED WITH ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA
- ON CLIMATE: CONSIDERED WITH REGARD TO HORTICULTURE
- ON THE OSCILLATIONS OF THE BAROMETER
- ON THE GRADUAL DETERIORATION OF BAROMETERS AND THE MEANS OF PREVENTING THE SAME
- ADDENDA AND NOTES
- INDEX
- ERRATA
- Plate Section
BAROMETRICAL EXPERIMENTS UPON HEIGHTS
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- AN ESSAY UPON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE
- PART I On the Habitudes of an Atmosphere of perfectly-dry, permanently-elastic Fluid
- PART II On the Habitudes of an Atmosphere of Pure Aqueous Vapour
- PART III On the Habitudes of an Atmosphere of permanently-elastic Fluid, mixed with aqueous Vapour
- PART IV Examination of the Particular Phenomena of the Atmosphere of the Earth
- AN ESSAY UPON THE CONSTRUCTION AND USES OF A NEW HYGROMETER
- AN ESSAY UPON THE RADIATION OF HEAT IN THE ATMOSPHERE
- AN ESSAY UPON THE HORARY OSCILLATIONS OF THE BAROMETER
- AN ESSAY UPON THE CLIMATE OF LONDON
- METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT MADEIRA, SIERRA LEONE, JAMAICA, AND OTHER STATIONS, BETWEEN THE TROPICS’
- METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN BRAZIL, AND ON THE EQUATOR
- REMARKS UPON THE BAROMETER AND THERMOMETER, AND THE MODE OF USING METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS IN GENERAL
- BAROMETRICAL EXPERIMENTS UPON HEIGHTS
- METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL
- ON THE TRADE WINDS: CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO MR. DANIELL'S THEORY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE
- ON EVAPORATION, AS CONNECTED WITH ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA
- ON CLIMATE: CONSIDERED WITH REGARD TO HORTICULTURE
- ON THE OSCILLATIONS OF THE BAROMETER
- ON THE GRADUAL DETERIORATION OF BAROMETERS AND THE MEANS OF PREVENTING THE SAME
- ADDENDA AND NOTES
- INDEX
- ERRATA
- Plate Section
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- Meteorological Essays and Observations , pp. 376 - 390Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1827