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Page 74
... tube with mercury , he turned it upside - down in a cup that already contained mercury . He then found that instead of the mercury running out of the tube there was some force that held it up . He realised that this was the atmospheric ...
... tube with mercury , he turned it upside - down in a cup that already contained mercury . He then found that instead of the mercury running out of the tube there was some force that held it up . He realised that this was the atmospheric ...
Page 76
... tube exhausted of air . This makes it possible for the intensity of the sun's radiant heat to be accurately measured ... tube with a bulb at one end , fill the bulb and part of the tube with mercury , and then immerse the bulb in boiling ...
... tube exhausted of air . This makes it possible for the intensity of the sun's radiant heat to be accurately measured ... tube with a bulb at one end , fill the bulb and part of the tube with mercury , and then immerse the bulb in boiling ...
Page 79
... tubes , either flexible or rigid . The head consists of a vane formed of a horizontal tube open at one end , and supported upon the top of a vertical tube into which it leads . Just below the vane this vertical tube is surrounded by ...
... tubes , either flexible or rigid . The head consists of a vane formed of a horizontal tube open at one end , and supported upon the top of a vertical tube into which it leads . Just below the vane this vertical tube is surrounded by ...
Contents
STORM AND TEMPEST | 46 |
DEW FROST AND FOG | 54 |
OTHER WEATHER PHENOMENA | 63 |
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air masses aircraft altitude amount anemometer anticyclone Arctic Atlantic Atlantic Ocean atmosphere barograph barometer blue British Isles bulb calm CHAPTER chart Cirrocumulus cloud climate cloud coast colours cumulus degree dewpoint direction Dunstable earth electricity fall feet flight forecast freezing frost gale gauge halo height humidity hygrometer inches instrument isobars known layer lightning means mercury Meteorological Office meteorologist miles millibars months morning night North northern Number of days objects not visible Ocean Plate Radio Sonde rain area raindrops rainfall rainy rays readings realise records rise shower snow sometimes speed spell station stationary front storm stratosphere summer sun or moon sunny sunset surface teleprinter temperate temperature thermometer thunder thunder-storms tornado trees tropical troposphere tube type of weather upper air usually vane velocity warm air warm front water vapour weather conditions weather map weather observations weather ship winter zone