 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1705 - 398 pages
...exhaufted and attenuated, and the \Mercury would fubfide, and the Vapours which before floated in thole parts of the Air of equal Gravity with themfelves , would fink to the Earth. . ,&. Why in ferene good fettled weather f&e Mercwcy. is generally high. To this I Anfwer, That the... | |
 | John Pointer - 1723 - 104 pages
...thereby be exhauftcd and attenuated, ated, and the Mercury wou'd fubfide, and the Vapours which before floated in thofe Parts of the Air of equal Gravity with themfelves, wou'd fink to the Earth. a. The greater Height of the Barometer is oc. cafion.d by two contrary Winds... | |
 | Roger Cotes - 1747 - 356 pages
...would thereby be exhaufted and attenuated, and the mercury would fubfide, and the vapours which before floated in thofe parts of the air of equal gravity...the earth. 2. The greater height of the barometer is occafioncd by two contrary winds blowing towards the place of obfervation, whereby the air of other... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 430 pages
...fubfide, and the vapours which before floated intlvjfe parts of the air of equal gravity with thtmfelves would fink to the earth. " 2. The greater height of the barometer is occafioned by two contrary winds blowing towards the place of obfervation, whereby the air of other... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm August Murhard - 1799 - 494 pages
...would thereby beexhaufled and attenuated, and the Mercury would fubfide, and the Vapours which befare floated* in thofe parts of the Air of equal Gravity with themfelves, would fink to the Earth. 2. Why in ferene good fettled Weather, the Mercury is generally high ? To this I anfwer, that the greater... | |
 | Samuel Vince - 1812 - 140 pages
...floated in those parts of the air of equal gravity with themselves, would sink to the earth. 2dly. The greater height of the barometer is occasioned by two contrary winds blowing towards the place of observation, whereby the air of other places is brought thither and accumulated ; so that the incumbent... | |
 | Colin MacKenzie - 1821 - 724 pages
...vapours which before floated in these parts of the air, of equal gravity with themselves, would sink to the earth. 2. The greater height of the barometer...by two contrary winds blowing towards the place of observation, by which the air of other places is brought thither and accumulated ; so that the incumbent... | |
 | Colin Mackenzie - 1822 - 774 pages
...vapours which before floated in these parts of the air, of equal gravity with themselves, would sink to the earth. 2. The greater height of the barometer...by two contrary winds blowing towards the place of observation, by which the air of other places is brought thither and accumulated ; so that the incumbent... | |
 | William Austin Burt - 1858 - 210 pages
...tropics, and near them, there is very little or no variation of the height of mercury in all weathers. " The greater height of the barometer, is occasioned...by two contrary winds blowing towards the place of observation, whereby the air of other places is brought thither and accumulated." In regard to the... | |
 | William Austin Burt - 1881 - 224 pages
...tropics, and near them, there is very little or no variation of the height of mercury in all weathers. " The greater height of the barometer, is occasioned...by two contrary winds blowing towards the place of observation, whereby the air of other places is brought thither and accumulated." In regard to the... | |
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2. The greater height of the barometer is occasioned by two contrary winds blowing towards the place of observation, whereby the air of other places is brought thither and accumulated... 
