Meteorology practical and applied / by Sir John Moore.

  • Moore, John W. (John William), 1845-1937.
Date:
1910
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    Kew Observatory barometer, 122- 125, 140, 144, 147 thermometer, 83 Khamseen, or Khamsin, of Egypt, 374 Khasi Hills, rainfall in the, 220, 2(52, 263 Kilda, St., winter tcmperaturoin, 386 King’s barograph, 126, 127 Kite, electric, 306 Franklin’s electric, 294, 325 Kite-stations, 327, 333 Koniscopc, or dust-detector, Ait- ken’s, 198 Krypton, 22, 348 Lambert’s formula for mean direc- tion of wind, 287 Lamont’s atmometer, 168 Land and sea breezes, 208, 209 and water, influence of, on cli- mate, 352, 354-358 Land meteorology of the British Islands, 27, 28 Latent heat, 167 ; its use, 167 Latitude, influence of, on climate, 350-353 Law of Buys Ballot, 4, 6, 9,157,158, 159, 265 Boyle and Mariotte, 14, 16 Charles, 15, 16 Graham, 23 Regnault, 15, 16 Stefan, 341 Laws of electricity, 295, 296 Leipzig, International Meteorologi- cal Conference, 268 Lenkoran forest, 368 Leste of Madeira, 375 Leveche of the Iberian Peninsula, 374 Leyden jar, 299, 300 Library of the United States Weather Bureau, 51, 52 Light, vibrations of, 17 electro-magnetic theory of, 293, 294 Lightning, 308, 309 ; what it is, 308 ; its varieties, 308 zigzag or forked, 308, 309, 310; diffused, 308, 310; summer, 308, 310 ; sheet, 308, 310 ; globular, 308, 310; ball, 308, 310; tubes, 310 rapidity of, 311 colour of, 312, 313 conductors, 317, 318 ; their prin- ciple, 317 ; description of, 317, 318 ; conditions for an efficient, 318-320 j Lightning-rod, 317 ; Conference, 318 Limestone soils, influence on cli- mate, 400, 401 carboniferous, 401 ; oolitic, 401 ; ancient, 401 Lind’s anemometer, 273, 274, 289 Liquefaction of gases by cold, 14 Local time, conversion of Green- wich to, 268 J London clay, 401 London, diarrhceal diseases in, 418, 423 ; mean temperature of, 388 ; smallpox in, 437, 438, 440; measles in, 441, 442 ; scarlatina in, 443, 445 ; pneumonic fever in, 449 ; bronchitis in, 449, 451- 455 evaporation in, 170 ; remarkable rainfall in, 226 Fever Hospital, 435 Meteorological Office, 7, 28, 29, 30, 33, 37, 38, 40, 109, 128, 129, 148, 149, 150, 209, 225, 238, 266, 327, 348, 383, 388, 394 Lower clouds, 206, 207 Low-pressure areas, 4, 156, 160, 304 Luminous lightning, 309 Lunar halos, 163, 206, 207 Lungs, inflammation of the, 446, 448 Mackerel sky, 206, 207 Magdeburg Hemispheres, 17 Magnetic bearings compared with true bearings, 267 parallel, 314 ; storms, 314 storm of September 25, 1909, 31(5 Magnetism, terrestrial, and aurora; 314, 316 Malaria, 364, 365 Maps, distribution of bright sun- shine, 37 Monthly Weather, Canada, The, 72, 74 rainfall, 67, 221, 395, 396 weather, 27, 31, 32, 45, 51, 56, 57, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73 Mares’ tails, 205 Marine barometer, 124 Marl, 422 Marsh-gas in air, 23 Marshy soils, influence of, on health, 364 Mason’s hygrometer, 181 Matterhorn, 203 Maximum thermometers, 83-85