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... former furnishing the general plan and oversight of the work , and such parts of the labor as could not be satisfactorily confided to others ; while the latter contributed the greater part of the material , and defrayed the entire cost ...
... former furnishing the general plan and oversight of the work , and such parts of the labor as could not be satisfactorily confided to others ; while the latter contributed the greater part of the material , and defrayed the entire cost ...
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... former work . Instead of giving the prevailing direction , or that point or points of the compass from which the winds blow most frequently , and rejecting all the rest , the traverse of the whole is resolved , in the same manner as ...
... former work . Instead of giving the prevailing direction , or that point or points of the compass from which the winds blow most frequently , and rejecting all the rest , the traverse of the whole is resolved , in the same manner as ...
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a resultant the same as that for the month or season ? The former may be regarded as the wind that would exist if the surface of the earth were homogeneous , and the sun ever over the equator ; and the latter as that which is due to the ...
a resultant the same as that for the month or season ? The former may be regarded as the wind that would exist if the surface of the earth were homogeneous , and the sun ever over the equator ; and the latter as that which is due to the ...
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... former was N. E. and the latter S. W .; but the far more important question was , " What change takes place in the barometer during the continuance of different winds ? " And it was to this point that the new investigation was chiefly ...
... former was N. E. and the latter S. W .; but the far more important question was , " What change takes place in the barometer during the continuance of different winds ? " And it was to this point that the new investigation was chiefly ...
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quently there are but few places where we have the requisite data . The former of these instruments it has been found difficult to construct so as to work satis- factorily . 66 My first effort as to the problem was made in the year 1837 ...
quently there are but few places where we have the requisite data . The former of these instruments it has been found difficult to construct so as to work satis- factorily . 66 My first effort as to the problem was made in the year 1837 ...
Términos y frases comunes
1869 inclusive Aggregate length Aggregate number aggregate period April May June Atlantic Ocean Calm or Direction Calm or variable Camp compass move DIFFERENT POINTS Direction of resultant E. S. E.
S. E.
S. S. E. South February March April following places Force foregoing average velocity Island January February March kind of observations Latitude Long Longitude M. F. Maury mean direction N. N. E.
N. E.
E. N. E. East North Northeastern Number of days number of observations Observed as follows Ohio Pacific Ocean Pennsylvania Place of observation Post Surgeon PREVALENCE OF WINDS Ratio of resultant RELATIVE PREVALENCE resultant Monsoon influences resultant to sum Russia S. S. W.
S. W.
W. S. W. West seasons servations Smithsonian Stations Spring Summer Autumn sum of winds Summer Autumn Winter Surface winds table we obtain True velocity tween tween N velocity in mean winds in miles Winter Spring Winter The yearl year2 Spring Summer yearl Spring York zone