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Klappentext Published in 1827, this revised collection of essays explores some of the most perplexing questions of contemporary meteorology. Zusammenfassung Why does mercury move in a barometer? Why do plants require light? And did Pliny the Elder understand the theory behind atmospheric humidity better than the scientists of the early nineteenth century? This popular collection of essays! revised and published in 1827! tackles all these questions and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the second edition; An essay upon the constitution of the atmosphere; Part I. On the Habitudes of an Atmosphere of Perfectly-Dry Permanently-Elastic Fluid; Part II. On the Habitudes of an Atmosphere of Pure Aqueous Vapour; Part III. On the Habitudes of an Atmosphere of Permanently-Elastic Fluid, Mixed with Aqueous Vapour; Part IV. Examination of the Particular Phenomena of the Atmosphere of the Earth; An essay upon the construction and uses of a new hygrometer; An essay upon the radiation of heat in the atmosphere; An essay upon the horary oscillations of the barometer; An essay upon the climate of London; Meteorological observations made at Madeira, Sierra Lione, Jamaica, and other stations by Captain Edward Sabine, R.A., F.R.S.; Meteorological observations in Brazil, and on the equator by Alexander Caldcleugh, Esq.; Remarks upon the barometer and thermometer and the mode of using meteorological instruments in general; Barometrical experiments upon heights; Meteorological journal; On the trade winds, considered with reference to Mr Daniell's theory of the constitution of the atmosphere, in a letter from Captain Basil Hall, R.N., F.R.S.; On evaporation as connected with atmospheric phenomena; On climate considered with regard to horticulture; On the oscillations of the barometer; On the gradual deterioration of barometers and the means of preventing the same; Addenda and notes; Index.
