Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Volume 10

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Royal Meteorological Society., 1884
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 153 - Chair during the past year, and for his Address, and that he be requested to allow it to be printed in the Quarterly Journal of the Society.
Page 265 - And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
Page 289 - When the wind is in the East, Tis neither good for man nor beast...
Page 288 - Stand with your back to the wind, and the barometer will be lower on your left hand than on your right.
Page 295 - It is obvious that different seasons will differ almost infinitely at each succeeding period of their advance, and that, with each variation, the character of development of the plant will also vary, tending to luxuriance, or to maturation, that is, to quantity or to quality, as the case may be. Hence, only a very detailed consideration of climatic statistics, taken together with careful periodic observations in the field, can afford a really clear perception of the connection between the ever-fluctuating...
Page 161 - Bollettino mensuale, pubblicato per cura dell' Osservatorio centrale del Real Collegio Carlo Alberto in Moncalieri, serie II., vol.
Page 27 - high dawn ' is when the first indications of daylight are seen above a bank of clouds. A ' low dawn ' is when the day breaks on or near the horizon, the first streaks of light being very low down.
Page 195 - ... is larger than the bore of the indicating tube. The result of this is that, having set the thermometer, the contracting force of the mercury in cooling withdraws the fluid in the indicating stem only...
Page 153 - Treasurer. HENRY PERIGAL, FRAS Trustees. HON. FRANCIS ALBERT ROLLO RUSSELL, MA STEPHEN WILLIAM SILVER, FRGS Secretaries. GEORGE JAMES SYMONS, FRS JOHN WILLIAM TRIPE, MD, MRCPEo.
Page 152 - ... Society be given to the Standing Committees and to the Auditors ; and that the Committees be requested to continue their services till the next Council Meeting.

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