 | 1818 - 462 pages
...6343 feet, is founded on these observations, of which it is the mean result, and on the idea, that the average height of the barometer, at the level of the sea, is about 30 inches ; which, from what I hav* «bserred within the tropics, is not, I believe, far from... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 492 pages
...ascertained with tolerable accuracy, the height of such places above the level of the sea may be determined ; the average height of the barometer at the level of the sea having been ascertained by requisite observations in various places. In proportion as these circumstances... | |
 | 1833 - 752 pages
...upper station, 76 1 &Q = muhi Her j 1(x) Calcutta, . . 84 J ' — : Correct altitude, ft. 15763 3. Assuming 30.00 inches as the average height of the...the upper station is at once obtained by inspection of table I, correcting for temperature of the stratum of air traversed, by table II. TABLB I. — To... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1854 - 538 pages
...0_ ... ,. , ,„ Dftto lower MJ 80 = multiplier . 1-100 Correct altitude 15,763 Assuming 30 • 00 inches as the average height of the barometer at the...the upper station is at once obtained by inspection of Table I., correcting for temperature of the stratum of air traversed by Table II. meters is often... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1838 - 668 pages
...lower, 84 J l Correct altitude - 15763 Assuming 30-00 inches as the average height of the barometer nt the level of the sea (which is however too much),...the upper station is at once obtained by inspection of Table 1, correcting for temperature of the stratum of air traversed by Table 2. [Newman, Optician,... | |
 | Julian R. Jackson - 1841 - 654 pages
...Temperature, upper station, 7J ) 80==multiplier , . 100 Correct altitude .... 15763 Assuming SO'OO inches as the average height of the barometer at the...the upper station is at once obtained by inspection of Table I, correcting for temperature of the stratum of air traversed by table II. Newman, Optician,... | |
 | Basil Jackson - 1847 - 410 pages
....,..,. , , .... T\. ' f80=multiplier 1 -100 Ditto lower, 84 J ' Correct altitude 15763 Assuming 30-00 inches as the average height of the barometer at the...the upper station is at once obtained by inspection of Table I., correcting for temperature of the stratum of air traversed by Table II. SECTION XX. APPLICATION... | |
 | Sir Henry Edward Landor Thuillier - 1851 - 828 pages
...Approximate height 14330 Texture, upper station, £ j 80=multiplier> ^ Correct altitude 15763 Assuming 30-00 inches as the average height of the Barometer at the...the upper station is at once obtained by inspection of Table I., correcting for temperature of the stratum of air traversed by Table II. CHAPTER XXIII.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1853 - 334 pages
...to itself, that is, add 3.67. Height, in fathoms, - * 83.89 Multiply by 6 Height in feet, - - 503.34 The average height of the barometer, at the level of the sea, is 30.09 inches ; and now if we know the average height of the barometer at any other place, and the... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1858 - 356 pages
...to itself, that is, add 3.57. Height, in fathoms, - - 83.89 Multiply by 6 Height in feet, - - 603.34 The average height of the barometer, at the level of the sea, ia 30.09 inches ; and now if we know the average height of the barometer at any other place, and the... | |
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SO'OO inches as the average height of the barometer at the level of the sea (which is however too much), the altitude of the upper station is at once obtained by inspection of Table I, correcting for temperature of the stratum of air traversed by table... 
