Meteorology practical and applied / [Sir John William Moore].

  • Moore, John W. (John William), 1845-1937.
Date:
1894
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    CHAPTER VII HISTORY, ORGANISATION, AND WORK OP THE UNITED STATES weather bureau (continued) Pages 68-80 CHAPTER VIII HISTORY, ORGANISATION, AND WORK OF THE UNITED STATES weather bureau (continued and concluded) Pages 81-93 CHAPTER IX AIR TEMPERATURE AND ITS MEASUREMENT Temperature the most importaut Meteorological Factor—Meaning of the word Thermometer—History of the Instrument—Fahrenheit’s Scale —Why Mercury was selected as the Medium for measuring Tempera- ture— Celsius’ Scale—The Centigrade Thermometer — Reaumur’s Scale—Relations of the three Scales to one another—Rules for reduc- ing Readings of one Scale to those of another—Melting Point of Ice— Freezing Point of Water—Boiling Point of Water varies with Atmo- spheric Pressure and with Altitude—Definition of a Thermometer— Steps in the Construction of this Instrument . . Pages 94-99 CHAPTER X THERMOMETERS Standard Thermometers—Ordinary Thermometers — “Displacement of Zero” — Registering Thermometers — Phillips’s Maximum Thermo- meter—Negretti and Zamira's Maximum Thermometer—Rutherford's Minimum Thermometer—Objections to Spirit Thermometers—Six’s combined Maximum and Minimum Thermometer — Casella’s mer- curial Minimum Thermometer—Exposure of Instruments—Steven- son Thermometer Stand and Screen—The “ Wall Screen ”—Method of Reading the Instruments—The Sling Thermometer (Thermometre fronde)—Self-recording Thermometers, or “ Thermographs ’’—Elec- trical and Photographic Thermographs—Radiation Thermometers— Mean Temperature—Average Mean Temperature Pages 100-113 CHAPTER XI RADIATION Heat: how transmitted—Conduction — Convection — Radiation—Solar Radiation—Terrestrial Radiation—Effect of Altitude on Temperature: