 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 its...  What to Observe: Or, The Traveller's Remembrancer - Page 543by Julian R. Jackson - 1841 - 577 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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...more rapidly than those in the "feet " column. Feet. Feet. Example. — Boiling point at upper station .... 185"= 14,548 Barometer at Calcutta (at 32°)... | |
 | 1833 - 754 pages
...then the barometrical reading had better be converted into feet by the usual method of substracting its logarithm from 1,47712 (log. of 30 inches) and...Example. Boiling point at upper station 185" - 14548 Barom. at Calcutta (at 32°) 29.75 Logar. diff. = 1.47712— 1.47349 = ,00363 x.0006 = 218 0 Approximate... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1838 - 666 pages
...sufficiently well. A tin shaving-pot was my boiler ; dry sticks and pure water were usually to be had, and by When the boiling point at the upper station alone...vary more rapidly than those in the "feet " column. Fecf. Example. — Boiling point at upper station - 185°= 14548 Barometer at Calcutta (at 32°) 29... | |
 | Edward Charles Frome - 1840 - 232 pages
...reading had better be converted into feet, by the usual method of subtracting its logarithm from 1.47712 (log. of 30 inches) and multiplying by .0006, as the.... . . 185°= 14548 Barometer at Calcutta (at 32°) 29in. 75 Logar. diff.=1.47712— 1.47349=00363x0006= 218 Approximate height . . 14330 Temperature,... | |
 | Basil Jackson - 1847 - 410 pages
...reading had better be converted into feet, by the usual method of subtracting its logarithm from 1-4?712 (log. of 30 inches) and multiplying by -0006, as the...feet. Example: — Boiling point at upper station 1 85° =14548 Barometer at Calcutta (at 32°) 29 in. IT) Log. diff. = l-47712-l-47349=00363x0006= 218... | |
 | Edward Charles Frome - 1850 - 294 pages
...usual method of subtracting its logarithm from 1 -477 12 (log. of 30 inches) and multiplying by 6, as the differences in the column of" barometer " vary...Example. — Boiling point at upper station . . . 185° r: 14548 Barometer at Calcutta (at 32°) 29•75 Then l-47712-l-47349=•00363 Setting off four figures... | |
 | Edward Charles Frome - 1850 - 292 pages
...the usual method of subtracting its logarithm from 1-47712 (log. of 30 inches) and multiplying by 6, as the differences in the column of " barometer "...Feet. Example. — Boiling point at upper station . . . 186°=: 14548 Barometer at Calcutta (at 32°) 29'75 Then 1-47712— 1-47349 = -00363 Setting... | |
 | 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...vary more rapidly than those in the 'feet' column. Example. — Boiling point at upper station 185°= 14548 Barometer at Calcutta (at 32°) 29 in, 75°... | |
 | Basil Jackson - 1853 - 420 pages
...70 1•079 90 1•121 51 1•039 71 1•081 91 1•123 264 TO DETERMINE ALTITUDES BY BOILING WATER. When the boiling point at the upper station alone...= 14548 Barometer at Calcutta (at 32°) 29 in, 75 Log, diff. = 1-47712 - 1-47349 - 00363 x 0006 = 218 Approximate height . 14330 Temperature, upper station,... | |
 | 1860 - 936 pages
...the sea, or the register of a distinct barometer is taken, then the barometric reading had better he converted into feet, by the usual method of subtracting...vary more rapidly than those in the "feet " column. Temperature of the Air. Multiplier. Temperature of the Air. Multiplier. Temperature of the Air. Multiplier.... | |
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