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XVIII.—On a Method of Reducing Observations of Underground Temperature, with its Application to the Monthly Mean Temperatures of Underground Thermometers, at the Royal Edinburgh Observatory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

Joseph D. Everett
Joseph D. Everett
Affiliation:
Professor of Mathematics, &c., in King's College, Windsor, N.S., and late Secretary to the Meteorological Society of Scotland.
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Extract

A few years since I was engaged in the performance of some calculations under the direction of Professor W. Thomson of Glasgow, having reference to the observations of underground temperature made at the Royal Edinburgh Observatory. In this paper I propose to describe a modification of Professor Thomson's method, which, while retaining a sufficient degree of accuracy, will be simple enough for general adoption. The objects proposed are—

1st, To express the variations of temperature at a given depth in terms of the time of year.

2d, To deduce the conducting power of the soil.

Type
Research Article
Information
Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , 1861 , pp. 429 - 439
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1861

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