Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Volume 14Royal Meteorological Society., 1888 Phenological report contained in vols. 3-71, issued as a supplement to vols. 73-74, missing from vols. 56-58, 60-62. |
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Page 226 - Held, by permission of the Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers, at 25 Great George Street, Westminster, SW, MARCH 20TH TO 28RD, 1888.
Page 65 - I have had the honour to lay before the Queen the loyal and dutiful Address of the President...
Page 205 - An aperture for admitting the beam of sunlight is placed in the centre of the rectangular side of each box so that the length of the beam within the chamber is the radius of the cylindrical surface on which it is projected ; its path therefore follows a straight line on the chart at all seasons of the year. The semi-cylinders are placed with their faces at an angle of 60° to each other.
Page 33 - That there was no appreciable change in the mean annual temperature of the air at Greenwich in the period 1812 to 1855 inclusive. (2) That on the eminence on which the Royal Observatory is situated the average temperature at night, or rather the early morning, is in all cases higher than over the lower grounds. (3) That with a north-wall, or possibly a north-window exposure, higher maximum temperatures are found at...
Page 76 - ... Theorems Demonstrated without Mathematics, and the Influence on the Length of the Day Discussed. By TK ABBOTT, BD, Fellow and Tutor, Trinity College, Dublin. Crown 8vo. 2s. JORDAN — The Ocean : a Treatise on Ocean Currents and Tides, and their Causes. By WILLIAM LEIGHTON JORDAN, FRGS 8vo. 21s. SCOTT— Weather Charts and Storm Warnings. By ROBERT H. SCOTT, MA, FRS, Secretary to the Meteorological Council.
Page 154 - It was proposed by Capt. TONYR-EE, seconded by Mr. DYASON, and resolved : — - That the thanks of the Society be given to the Officers and other Members of the Council for their services during the past year.
Page 284 - Doldrums," with a view of showing what kind of observations are required to solve this important problem. The old idea of a deep Trade — with a high opposite current flowing overhead —is certainly erroneous ; for there is always a regular vertical succession of the upper currents as we ascend, according to the hemisphere.
Page 73 - Bengal, showing (1) the Mean Pressure Winds and Currents in each month of the year...
Page 65 - Year of Her Reign; and I have to inform you that Her Majesty was pleased to receive the same very graciously. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, HENRY MATTHEWS. The Secretaries of the Royal Meteorological Society. The following Papers were read, viz. : — " The use of the Spectroscope as a Hygrometer simplified and explained.
Page 142 - Annual Summary of Births, Deaths and Causes of Death in London and other great towns, 1886.— Quarterly Returns of Marriages, Births and Deaths for the four quarters ending Sept.