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Page 332 - PM At the Royal Observatory, by Robinson's anemometer, during this time the motion of the air was six miles only. On April 6 the balloon left the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, at 4h. 8m. PM Its correct path is not known, as it entered several different currents of air, the earth being invisible owing to the mist : it descended at Sevenoaks, in Kent, at 5h.
Page vii - ... and the optical appearances which objects present as seen through different atmospheric strata ; of the phenomena connected with heat, wind, clouds, rain, and electricity, including the subjects of the laws of climate: the contents are therefore of deep importance to all classes of persons, especially to the observer of nature, the agriculturist, and the navigator.
Page vii - ... occurrence in the atmosphere, in such a form that any reader who wished to obtain a general view of such phenomena and their origin would be readily enabled to do so. The great number of subjects treated of will thus, to the majority of readers, who merely desire an insight into the general principles that produce phenomena which every one has seen or heard of, be found to be rather an advantage, as the...
Page vi - ... height, color, weight, and chemical components of the atmosphere ; of the meteorological phenomena induced by the action of light, and the optical appearances which objects present as seen through different atmospheric strata; of...
Page 368 - The few who escaped could not understand that in the midA of calm a hurricane had suddenly arisen. They believed for awhile that the end of the world had arrived. Men were hurled over hedges ; others were cut to pieces by the machinery which had been whirled about in the air ; others, without being actually hurt, were so terrified that they died from the effects of the fright, in the course of a few days. Whole rooms and walls were turned upside down, so as to be no longer recognisable. At other...
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Page 91 - Previous to the start," says Flammarion, in a work edited by Mr. Glaisher, " Glaisher's pulse stood at 76 beats a minute; Mr. Coxwell's at 74. At 17,000 feet, the pulse of the former was at 84; of the latter at 100. At 19,000 feet, Glaisher's hands and lips were quite blue, but not his face.
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Page 49 - I then lighted the fire in the furnace, and kept it up incessantly for twelve days, the mercury being just sufficiently heated to boil. At the expiration of the second day, small red particles formed upon the surface of the mercury, and increased in size and number for the next four or five days, when they became stationary. At the end of the twelve days, seeing that the calcination of the mercury made no further progress, I let out the fire and set the vessels to cool. The volume of air contained...