 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1854 - 538 pages
.... . 75" Ditto ditto below ... 83 Mean .... 79=Multiplier. . . 1-098 Correct altitude 2 • 566 ft. When the boiling point at the upper station alone...from 1-47712 (log. of 30 inches) and multiplying by -0006, as the differences in the column of " barometer vary more rapidly than those in the "feet "... | |
 | Edward Charles Frome - 1840 - 232 pages
...air above . . 75° Ditto ditto below . . 83 Mean 79 = Multiplier 1.098 Correct altitude 2566 feet. When the boiling point at the upper station alone...the usual method of subtracting its logarithm from 1.47712 (log. of 30 inches) and multiplying by .0006, as the differences in the column of " barometer... | |
 | Julian R. Jackson - 1841 - 650 pages
...Multiplier 1.098 Correct altitude 2.566 feet. Feet. Example.—Boiling point at upper station 185°= 14548 When the boiling point at the upper station alone...from 1-47712 (log. of 30 inches) and multiplying by '0006, as the differences in the column of " barometer " vary more rapidly than those in the "feet"... | |
 | Julian R. Jackson - 1841 - 650 pages
...of the air above 75° Ditto ditto below 83 Mean 79 = Multiplier 1.098 Correct altitude 2.566 feet. When the boiling point at the upper station alone...the usual method of subtracting its logarithm from I "47712 (log. of 30 inches) and multiplying by '0000', as the differences in the column of " barometer... | |
 | Basil Jackson - 1847 - 410 pages
...•091 •094 -096 •098 •100 •102 •104 -106 •108 •110 •112 •114 •116 1-118 1-121 1-123 When the boiling point at the upper station...the usual method of subtracting its logarithm from 1 -47 712 (log. of 30 inches) and multiplying by -0006, as the differences in the column of " barometer"... | |
 | Sir Henry Edward Landor Thuillier - 1851 - 826 pages
...= Multiplier 1-098 Correct altitude 2-566 feet. Mean of Barometer Observations 2-649 Difference 83 When the boiling point at the upper station alone...from 1-47712 (log. of 30 inches) and multiplying by -0006, as the differences in the column of ' Barometer' vary more rapidly than those in the 'feet column.... | |
 | Basil Jackson - 1853 - 420 pages
...•096 •098 •100 •102 •104 •106 1•108 1•110 1•112 ] •114 1•116 1•118 1•121 1•123 When the boiling point at the upper station...from 1•47712 (log. of 30 inches) and multiplying by •0006, as the differences in the column of " barometer" vary more rapidly than those in the "feet"... | |
 | 1860 - 936 pages
...Temperature of the air above 75° Ditto ditto below 83 Mean, 79o = multiplier . 1-098 Correct altitude 2566 When the boiling point at the upper station alone...barometer is taken, then the barometric reading had better he converted into feet, by the usual method of subtracting its logarithm from 1-47712 (log. of 30 inches)... | |
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When the boiling point at the upper station alone is observed, and for the lower the level of the sea, or the register of a distinct Barometer is taken, then the barometric reading had better be converted into feet, by the usual method of subtracting... 