The Atmosphere

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Harper & Brothers, 1873 - 453 Seiten
 

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Otto de Guérickes Experiment
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The Magdeburg Hemispheres
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Atmospheric Pressure Rupture of Equilibrium
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Diagram showing the Decrease of atmospheric Pressure according to Height
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Variation in the atmospheric Pressure at the Level of the Sea
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Lavoisier analyzing atmospheric Air
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CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF THE AIR
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Matrass or Glass Vessel
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MercuryEudiometer for analyzing Air
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Apparatus for analyzing Air by the Method of Weight
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Apparatus for obtaining the Proportion of carbonic Acid in Air
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Apparatus for separating the Oxygen from the Nitrogen
62
SOUND AND THE VOICE
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Vibration of a Cord
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Illustration of Hawksbees Experiment
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AERONAUTICAL ASCENTS
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Baroscope
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Soapbubbles inflated with Hydrogen
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Distribution of Kinds of Birds according to Height of Flight
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THE DAY
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Lunar Day
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EVENING
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Atmospheric Refraction
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THE RAINBOW
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIG PAGE 31 Formation of the Rainbow
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Double Reflection of Rays in a Drop of Rain
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Triple Rainbow
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SPECTRESHADOWS UPON MOUNTAINS THE ULLOA
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The Spectre of the Brocken
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The Ulloa Circle
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PARHELIA PARASELENES CIRCLES SURROUNDING
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Theory of the Halo
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Halo seen in Norway
142
Corona formed around the Moon by Diffraction
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THE MIRAGE
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Explanation of the ordinary Mirage
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Mirage seen at Paris in 1869
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Lateral Mirage seen on the Lake of Geneva
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La Fata Morgana
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CHAP PAGE
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Shootingstars
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Fall of a Bolide in the Daytime
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The Caille Aërolite weighing 12 cwt
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THE ZODIACAL LIght
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THE THERMOMETERQUANTITY OF HEAT RECEIVED
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The Pyrheliometer
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Winter The Seine full of floating Ice
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DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE OVER THE GLOBE
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Comparative Temperatures of Rome London Paris Vienna St Petersburg
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The last human Dwellingplaces Esquimaux of the Polar Regions
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Ice at the Pole
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GENERAL CIRCULATION OF
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Section of the Atmosphere showing its general Circulation
272
METEOROLOGY OF THE OCEANMARITIME
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Average annual Prevalence of different Winds at London
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Monthly Intensity of the Winds
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The Simoom
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THE HURRICANETHE CYCLONE
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TROMBES WHIRLWINDS OR WATERSPOUTS
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Whirlwind
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Sand Whirlwind
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Waterspout at Sea
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THE WATER UPON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH AND IN THE
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WHAT A CLOUD ISTHE MANNER OF ITS FORMA
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Intense Fog in one of the Islands of the Antipodes
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Intense Fog in the Spitzbergen Mountains
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Formation of a Thundercloud
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Above and below the Raincloud
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GENERAL CONDITIONS OF THE FORMATION OF RAINITS
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Diminution in the Rainfall from the Tropics to the Poles
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Increase of Rain according to the Undulations of the Soil
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Comparative Depths of Rainfall
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PRODUCTION OF HAILCOURSE OF HAILSTORMSVARY
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Section of Hailstones showing their ordinary interior Structure
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Section of a Hailstone enlarged
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Different Forms of Hail
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SHOWERS OF BLOOD OF EARTH OF SULPHUR
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Rain of Blood in Provence July 1608
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Shower of Locusts
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Shower of Cockchafers
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CHAP PAGE
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Experiments of Franklin and Romas
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Richmann of St Petersburg struck by Lightning during an electrical Experiment
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LIGHTNINg and Thunder
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Harvesters killed by Lightning
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Curious Freak of Lightning
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THE SAINT ELMO FIRES AND THE JACKOLANTERNS
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Saint Elmo Fire over the Spire of NotreDame Paris
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AURORA BOREALES
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An Aurora Borealis over the Polar Sea
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Aurora Borealis observed at Bossekop Spitzbergen January 6 1839
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