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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... "
Outline of the Method of Conducting a Trigonometrical Survey, for the ... - Page 86
by Edward Charles Frome - 1850 - 253 pages
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Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Framed from Contributions ..., Volume 2

1860 - 938 pages
...14330 Correct altitude . . . . 157 03 Assuming 30-00 inches as the average height of the harometer at the level of the sea (which is however too much),...the upper station is at once obtained by inspection of Table I., correcting for temperature of the stratum of air traversed by Table II. MEMORANDA ON RAILWAY...
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Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 1

United States. War Department - 1871 - 484 pages
...culminating between 9 and 10 am, and a fall culminating between 3 and 5 p. ш., called the diurnal change. The average height of the barometer at the level of the sea, on the Atlantic coast of the United States, does not vary much from 30.00; on the western plains it...
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Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society ..., Volume 13; Volumes 1868-1869

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1869 - 422 pages
...boiling-point at the upper station alone is observed, we may assume 30'0 inches, or a little less, as the average height of the barometer at the level of the sea. The altitude of the upper station is then at once approximately obtained from the tables." So far as...
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Annual Reports of the Secretary of War, Volume 1

United States. War Department - 1871 - 478 pages
...culminating between 9 and 10 a. in , and a fall culminating between 3 and 5 p. in., called the diumal change. The average height of the barometer at the level of the sea, on the Atlantic coast of the United States, does not vary much from 30.UO ; on the western plains it...
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The Practical Use of Meteorological Reports and Weather-maps

United States. Army. Signal Corps - 1871 - 96 pages
...culminating between 9 and 10 AM, and a fall culminating between 3 and 5 PM, called the diurnal change. The average height of the barometer at the level of the sea, on the Atlantic coast of the United States, does not vary much from 30.00; on the western plains it...
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Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume 16

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1872 - 482 pages
...the upper station alone is observed, we have no option but to assume 30-00 inches, or a little less, as the average height of the barometer at the level of the sea. The altitude of the upper station is then at once approximately obtained by inspection of Table I....
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents ..., Volume 2, Part 1

United States. Congress. House - 1872 - 520 pages
...culminating between 9 and 10 a. in., and a fail culminating between 3 and 5 pm, called the diuinal change. The average height of the barometer at the level of the sea, on the Atlantic coast of the united States, does not vary much from 30.00; on fhe western plains it...
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Hand-books of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy: Hydrostatics and pneumatics

Dionysius Lardner - 1874 - 426 pages
...column of mercury. Now, if we suppose the mercurial column to be 30 inches — which is probably near the average height of the barometer at the level of the sea — and its base equal to a square inch, it will contain 30 cubic inches of mercury ; and, since one...
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Handbook of Natural Philosophy. Heat

Dionysius Lardner - 1877 - 526 pages
...corresponding height of the barometer must be stated at the same time, such conventional height being usually the average height of the barometer at the level of the sea. It follows from this, that if the boiling-point of any thermometer be experimentally determined in...
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Hints to Travellers

Sir George Back, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1878 - 120 pages
...the upper station alone is observed, we have no option but to assume 30-00 inches, or a little less, as the average height of the barometer at the level of the sea. The altitude of the upper station is then at once approximately obtained by inspection of Table I....
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