 | 1833 - 754 pages
...two, now, on the mode of applying the following table to the calculation of the height required. 1 . When the thermometer has been boiled at the foot and...of the air in Table II. for the correct altitude. Example. Boiling point at upper station 201.5 = 5600 Ditto at lower station 21 1.3 = 350 Approximate... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1838 - 666 pages
...of air traversed, and multiply the approximate height by the number opposite, for the true Altitude. When the thermometer has been boiled at the foot and...opposite the mean temperature of the air in Table 2, for the correct altitude. Boiling point at summit of Hill Fort of Purun- ° feet dhur, near Puna... | |
 | Julian R. Jackson - 1841 - 650 pages
...of air traversed, and multiply the approximate height by the number opposite, for the true Altitude. When the thermometer has been boiled at the foot and...opposite the mean temperature of the air in Table 2, for the correct altitude. Temperature of the Air. Multiplier. Temperature of the Air. Multiplier.... | |
 | Julian R. Jackson - 1841 - 654 pages
...air traversed, and multiply the approximate height by the number opposite, for the tru« Altitude. When the thermometer has been boiled at the foot and...below from the same of the boiling point above: this fives an approximate height, to be multiplied by the nimier opposite the mean temperature of the air... | |
 | John Gregory - 1843 - 350 pages
...thermometer be boiled at the top and foot of the mountain, whose height you are required to determine ; deduct the number in the column of feet opposite the...point below, from the same of the boiling point above, and the difference will give the approximate height, which must be multiplied by the number opposite... | |
 | Sir Henry Edward Landor Thuillier - 1851 - 826 pages
...converting Fahrenheit into Centigrade measure — the . .... „ (F— 32) x 5 formula will be C = - =p* When the Thermometer has been boiled at the foot and...of the air in Table II., for the correct altitude. ° feet. Boiling point at summit of Hill Fort of Purundhur, near Puna 204-2 = 4027 Boiling point at... | |
 | Basil Jackson - 1853 - 420 pages
...APPROXIMATE HEIGHT TOR THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR. When the thermometer has been boiled at the foot and at a summit of a mountain, nothing more is necessary than...point above : this gives an approximate height, to be multipled by the number opposite the mean temperature of the air in Table II., for the correct altitude.... | |
 | 1860 - 936 pages
...of air traversed, and multiply the approximate height by the number opposite, for the true altitude. When the thermometer has been boiled at the foot and...of the air in Table II., for the correct altitude. feet. Boiling point at summit of Hill Fort of Púrundhur, near Puna 204-2° = 4027 Boiling point at... | |
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When the thermometer has been boiled at the foot and at the summit of a mountain, nothing more is necessary than to deduct the number in the column of feet opposite the boiling point below, from the same of the boiling point above : this gives an approximate... 