 | Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt - 1849 - 394 pages
...thousand years, of the mean temperature of the atmosphere and of the earth iii different latitudes, or of the mean height of the barometer at the level of the sea, we should know whether, and in what ratio, the temperature of different climates had increased or decreased,... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1849 - 402 pages
...thousand years, of the mean temperature of the atmosphere and of the earth in different latitudes, or of the mean height of the barometer at the level of the sea, we should know whether, and in what ratio, the temperature of different climates had increased or decreased,... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1849 - 392 pages
...thousand years, of the mean temperature of the atmosphere and of the earth in different latitudes, or of the mean height of the barometer at the level of the sea,, we should know whether, and in what ratio, the temperature of different climates had increased or decreased,... | |
 | 1851 - 716 pages
...and 70°. It appears again to ascend within the polar circle. From the equator to 15° of latitude, the mean height of the barometer at the level of the sea amounts to 337-338 Paris lines (29.65 to 29.74 English inches), it then increases to 339 lines (29.83... | |
 | Johann Georg Heck - 1851 - 712 pages
...(29.65 to 29.74 English inches), it then increases to 339 lines (29.83 inches), afterwards decreasing. The mean height of the barometer at the level of the sea also depends to a certain extent on the longitude, at equal longitudes and seasons being greater in... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1852 - 606 pages
...for 1000 cubic inches at a mean temperature and pressure have been found to weigh about 305 grains. The mean height of the barometer at the level of the sea is about 28-6 inches; and a cubic inch of mercury weighs 3425'92 grains; therefore a column of mercury... | |
 | Elisha Kent Kane - 1854 - 642 pages
...Half-monthly Abstract of the mean Force of the Wind, the mean Temperature of the Air and Water, and the mean Height of the Barometer at the Level of the Sea during the Cruise, prepared by Charles A. Schott, Esq., US Coast Survey. E Table of the relative Frequency... | |
 | Asa Gray - 1855 - 396 pages
...PM, for the months of November and December, during which two months my journeys were made. Supposing the mean height of the barometer at the level of the sea, in Valparaiso, to be 30 inches, and the temperature the same as in Santiago, the corresponding difference... | |
 | United States. Navy Department - 1855 - 400 pages
...м., for the months of November and December, during which two months my journeys were made. Supposing the mean height of the barometer at the level of the sea, in Valparaiso, to be 30 inches, and the temperature the same as in Santiago, the corresponding difference... | |
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From the foregoing statements it may be safely inferred that " the mean height of the barometer at the level of the sea being the same in every part of the globe... 
