Luke Howard

Seven Lectures on Meteorology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1837 book presents seven lectures on meteorology, each covering a key factor that affects weather.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9781108040167
• ISBN-10: 1108040160
• Artikelnr.: 34449253

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Constitution and properties of the atmosphere
2. Constant and variable winds. Climates and seasons
3. Cycles of temperature
4. The barometer, its principle, construction and variations
5. The clouds: their varieties or modifications of form and structure
6. Electricity of the atmosphere, and of clouds
7. Colour of the sky, cyanometer, conclusion
Appendix. A cycle of eighteen years in the seasons of Britain deduced from meteorological observations made at Ackworth, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, from 1824 to 1841.