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
With this Difference, consult the 3d Table: i.e. with 112, (omitting
the .1 as too minute) on the remaining Decimals above 23.2, viz. on
05, as on 5, or ⁵⁄₁₀; and the Answer is 56 Feet: which Number being
subtracted from 8379.7, the Remainder 8323.7, is the Height in Feet of
the Barometer in the Car, at the Standard-Heat.
Repeat the last Process for the Barometer on the Ground.
Now 29.8, by the 2d Table, corresponds to 1856.0; and there being
no Parts or Decimals more minute than a Tenth, viz. .8, there is no
Occasion for the 3d Table.
Subtract the Barometer in the Car, from the same when on the Ground;
and, by the 2d Table,
upper Barom. 23.25, corresp. to 8323.7, and the
lower Barom. 29.8, to 1856.0: the
Remainder is the Height in Feet —————— of the
Barometer in the Car viz. 6467.7, with the
Standard-Heat.
_End of the second Stage._
425. Detached Therm. above, at 65°
Detached Therm. when below, at 65
———
Whole Heat 130
Half Heat 65.(00 adding Cyphers)
Standard-Heat 31.24
—————
which deduct, and there remains 33.76 Degrees
more than the Standard-Heat, for each Barometer.
Then for the Expansion of Air, with such Heat more than the Standard,
consult the 4th Table: viz. _with_ 33°.76 _on_ Inches 6467.7, the
Height of the Barometer in the Car with the Standard-Heat, thus:
426. _First_, _with_ 33°, _on_ 6467.7
_on_ 6000 as 6000 = 481.1, decimated 481.1
400 as 4000 = 320.7 32.07
60 as 6000 = 481.1 4.811
7 as 7000 = 561.3 .5613
.07 as 7000 = 561.3 .05613
—————————
Expansion = 518.59843
427. _Second_, _with_ .76 _on_ 6467.7:
_on_, as before, 6000 = 1108. decim. 11.08
4000 = 738.7 .7387
6000 = 1108. .1108
7000 = 1292.7 .012927
7000 = 1292.7 .0012927
——————————
Expansion = 11.9437197
Add the former 518.59843
————————————
Total Expansion = 530.5|542197
viz. Height _by Expansion_ in Feet,
with more than the Standard-Heat,
add to Height in Feet at
the Standard-Heat 6467.7
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