Airopaidia : $b Containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage; hints on the improvement of balloons ... To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain; with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation.Baldwin, Thomas
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Airopaidia : $b Containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage; hints on the improvement of balloons ... To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain; with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation.
Baldwin, Thomas
Aeronautics -- Early works to 1900; Balloons -- Early works to 1800
361. 2d. Now, in order to obtain the Expansion _with_ 4 Degrees,
_on_ .19 Tenths i.e. the nine hundred and tenth Part of an Inch of
Quicksilver in the Tube (above 25 Inches,) it must be considered, where
it ought to be found in the first Table.
Tenths of 1 Inch, above 25 Inches, it must be observed, are at some
intermediate Point between 25 and 26 Inches; that is, above 25, yet not
so high as 26, or more than 25, yet less than 26.
Therefore, to find the Expansion _with_ 4 Degrees, _on_ 1 Inch above
25, i.e. on the 26th Inch; look in the Table, first, _with_ 4 Degrees
on 25 Inches: then _with_ 4 Degrees on 26 Inches. The respective
Numbers are .0101 and .0105.
And by taking the Expansion _with_ 4° on 25 Inches, from the Expansion,
_with_ 4° _on_ 26 Inches, thus;
Expansion { .0101 on 25 Inches,
{ .0105 on 26 Inches,
—————
The Remainder .0004 is the Expansion with 4°
on 1 Inch, above 25, i.e. on the 26th Inch.
362. 3d. To find the Expansion, with 4° on .1 above 25 Inches; add
a Cypher and decimal Point to the former Answer, which then becomes
.00004, viz. the Expansion, with 4° on one Tenth, above 25 Inches.
363. 4th. Lastly, to obtain the Expansion _with_ 4°, _on_ .19, above
25 Inches, say: If one Tenth of an Inch, above 25 Inches, gives this
Expansion viz. .00004, what Expansion will nineteen Tenths above 25,
give? answer .19 Tenths more; thus:
If .1 : .00004 :: .19?
.19
——————
00036
0004
——————
.00076; then, in order to have as many decimal Places in the
Product as are contained both in the Multiplicand and Multiplier, add a
Cypher and Point to the left, and the Product becomes .0000076 which,
being divided by .1, gives a Cypher less.
viz. the Expansion with 4° on .19 above 25 Inches.
THE FIRST TABLE:
+shewing the expansion with HEAT on inches of the BAROMETER.+
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