A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments: Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility — John Shaqi
A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments: Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical UtilityNegretti, Enrico Angelo Lodovico
Science
A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments: Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility
Negretti, Enrico Angelo Lodovico
Meteorological instruments; Meteorology; Scientific apparatus and instruments
CHAPTER II. SYPHON TUBE BAROMETERS.
30. Principle of.
31. DIAL, OR WHEEL, BAROMETERS.
32. STANDARD SYPHON BAROMETER.
CHAPTER III. BAROGRAPHS, OR SELF-REGISTERING BAROMETERS.
SECTION
33. MILNE'S SELF-REGISTERING BAROMETER.
34. MODIFICATION OF MILNE'S BAROMETER.
35. KING'S SELF-REGISTERING BAROMETER.
36. SYPHON, WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC REGISTRATION.
CHAPTER IV. MOUNTAIN BAROMETERS.
37. GAY LUSSAC'S MOUNTAIN BAROMETER.
38. FORTIN'S MOUNTAIN BAROMETER.
39. NEWMAN'S MOUNTAIN BAROMETER.
40. NEGRETTI AND ZAMBRA'S PATENT MOUNTAIN AND OTHER BAROMETERS.
41. Short Tube Barometer.
42. Method of Calculating Heights by the Barometer; Tables and Examples.
CHAPTER V. SECONDARY BAROMETERS.
43. Desirability of Magnifying the Barometer Range.
44. HOWSON'S LONG-RANGE BAROMETER.
45. MCNEIL'S LONG-RANGE BAROMETER.
46. The Water-glass Barometer.
47. SYMPIESOMETERS.
48. ANEROIDS.
49. SMALL SIZE ANEROIDS.
50. WATCH ANEROID.
51. Measurement of Heights by the Aneroid; Example.
52. METALLIC BAROMETER.
CHAPTER VI. INSTRUMENTS FOR ASCERTAINING TEMPERATURE.
53. Temperature.
54. Thermometric Substances.
55. Description of the Thermometer.
56. STANDARD THERMOMETER.
57. Method of ascertaining the exact Boiling Temperature; Tables, &c.
58. Displacement of the Freezing Point.
59. The Scale.
60. The method of testing Thermometers.
61. Porcelain Scale-Plates.
62. Enamelled Tubes.
63. THERMOMETERS OF EXTREME SENSITIVENESS.
64. VARIETIES OF THERMOMETERS.
65. SUPERHEATED STEAM THERMOMETER.
66. THERMOMETER FOR SUGAR BOILING.
67. EARTH THERMOMETER.
68. MARINE THERMOMETER.
CHAPTER VII. SELF-REGISTERING THERMOMETERS.
69. Importance of.
70. RUTHERFORD'S MAXIMUM THERMOMETER.
71. PHILLIPS'S DITTO DITTO.
72. NEGRETTI AND ZAMBRA'S PATENT MAXIMUM THERMOMETER.
73. RUTHERFORD'S ALCOHOL MINIMUM THERMOMETER.
74. HORTICULTURAL MINIMUM THERMOMETER.
75. BAUDIN'S ALCOHOL MINIMUM THERMOMETER.
76. Mercurial Minima Thermometers desirable.
77. NEGRETTI AND ZAMBRA'S PATENT MERCURIAL MINIMUM THERMOMETER.
78. NEGRETTI AND ZAMBRA'S SECOND PATENT MERCURIAL MINIMUM THERMOMETER.
79. CASELLA'S PATENT MERCURIAL MINIMUM THERMOMETER.
80. Day and Night Thermometer.
81. SIXE'S SELF-REGISTERING THERMOMETER.
CHAPTER VIII. RADIATION THERMOMETERS.
82. Solar and Terrestrial Radiation considered.
83. SOLAR RADIATION THERMOMETER.
84. VACUUM SOLAR RADIATION THERMOMETER.
85. TERRESTRIAL RADIATION THERMOMETER.
86. AETHRIOSCOPE.
87. PYRHELIOMETER.
88. ACTINOMETER.
CHAPTER IX. DEEP-SEA THERMOMETERS.
89. ON SIXE'S PRINCIPLE.
90. JOHNSON'S METALLIC THERMOMETER.
CHAPTER X. BOILING-POINT THERMOMETERS.
91. Ebullition.
92. Relation between Boiling-Point and Elevation.
93. HYPSOMETRIC APPARATUS.
94. Precautions to ensure Correct Graduation.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account