Symons's Monthly Meteorological Magazine, Volumes 1-2H.M. Stationery Office, 1866 - Meteorology |
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Page 6 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Page 81 - . On the Behaviour of the Aneroid Barometer at different Pressures." Experiments had lately been made with the view of ascertaining to what extent an Aneroid may be considered a reliable instrument when exposed to considerable changes of pressure, such as occur in mountain districts. By means of an air-pump, the Aneroids, when placed in a receiver, might be subjected to any pressure.
Page 38 - September, 1°'3 ; October, 1°-0 ; November, 0°'4 ; and December, 0°"0 ; all applied subtractively to the simple arithmetical mean of the readings of the maximum and minimum thermometers, to deduce from them the approximate mean temperature of the air. Then the adopted mean daily temperature has been found by giving double the weight to the determination from the four observations taken during the day to that deduced by the maximum and minimum thermometers, or, in other words, combining the results...
Page 75 - That when a storm arises on the 25th, 26th, or 27th of March (and not before) in any point, the succeeding summer is generally dry, four times in five.
Page 86 - In the summer of 1827, a hay-stack was struck by lightning. The stack was on fire, but before much of the hay was consumed the fire was extinguished by the farm servants. Upon examining the hay-stack, a circular passage was observed in the middle of it, as if it had . been cut out with a sharp instrument This circular passage extended to the bottom of the stack, and terminated in a hole in the ground. Captain Thomson, of Montrose, who had a farm in the neighborhood, examined the stack, and found...
Page 82 - ... from the star, keeping up the same route as the meteor, but forming itself into a ball of faint cometic appearance of about 15' diameter, which grew dimmer and more diffused, and disappeared altogether after a lapse of about 4m to 5m at a distance of nearly 1° from £ Orionis, at a position-angle of about 200°.
Page 10 - In snow three methods may be adopted — it is well to try them all. 1. Melt what is caught in the funnel, and measure that as rain. 2. Select a place where the snow has not drifted, invert the funnel, and turning it round, lift and melt what is enclosed. 3. Measure with a rule the average depth of snow, and take one-twelfth as the equivalent of water. Some observers use in snowy weather a cylinder of the same diameter as the rain-gauge, and of considerable depth. If the wind is at all rough, all...
Page 82 - ... temperature of luminosity and nonluminosity varied with the pressure of the atmosphere, and also with the direction of the wind. A series of experiments, extending over four years, had been made on the luminosity of phosphorus in connection with atmospheric conditions, and from the results it would appear that the equatorial or sea wind is that of phosphorescence and ozone, and that the polar or land wind is that of non-luminosity and no ozone.
Page 30 - WIND 0 Calm. 1 Light Air 2 Light Breeze 3 Gentle Breeze 4 Moderate Breeze 5 Fresh Breeze 6 Strong Breeze — 7 Moderate Gale 8 Fresh Gale 9 Strong Gale 10 Whole Gale...
Page 122 - ... Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, Nov. 26, 1867. Proceedings of the Society, vol. vii. p. 35.] IN the annexed figure a is a copper tube about one foot long, and has a tube open at both ends in the centre. Water is poured into the space between the two tubes. In the centre tube there is a spiral of fine wire suspended by a filament of silk, and having a mirror at m. There is a lid at p, which can be removed at pleasure from the lower end of the tube. When p is situated as in the figure,...