 | 1860 - 936 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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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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... 
