| Royal Society (Great Britain) - Asia - 1705 - 398 pages
...fulpended, fo that they have no inclination to Prxcipitate and fall down in Drops , which is thereafbn of the ferene good Weather, which attends the greater heights of the Mercury. 3. Why upon very great Winds or Stormsjhougb accompanied with no Rain^ the Mercury finks loweft of all^... | |
| Edmond Halley, Royal Society (Great Britain) - History of science and technology - 1705 - 390 pages
...blow ^ and then the Air being fpecifically heavier, the Vapours are better kept fufpended, fo that they have no inclination to Precipitate and fall down in Drops , which is the reafbrt of the ferene good Weathei-, which attends the greater heights of the Mercury. 3. Why upon... | |
| Edmond Halley, Richard Mead - Astronomy - 1708 - 430 pages
...fpecifically heavier, the Vapours are better kept fufpended, fq that they have no inclination to Prxcipitate and fall down in Drops, which is the reafon of the...which attends the greater heights of the Mercury. . 3. Why upon very great Winds or Storms, tho' accompanied with no I(ain, the Mercury jink? loweft of all,... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - Science - 1722 - 956 pages
...to blow, and then the Air being fpecifically heavier, the Vapours are better kept fufpended, fo that they have no inclination to precipitate and fall down in drops, which is the reafon of the Serene good Weather, which attend» the greater Heights of the Mercury. $. The Mercury finks the lowed... | |
| John Pointer - Meteorology - 1723 - 104 pages
...to blow, and then the Air being fpecifically Heavier, the Vapours are better kept fufpended, fo that they have no Inclination to precipitate, and fall...Weather, which attends the greater Heights of the \jMerctiry. 3. The Mercury finks the lowed of all by the very rapid Motion of the Air in Storms of... | |
| Roger Cotes - Air - 1747 - 356 pages
...blow j and then the air being fpecifically heavier, the vapours are better kept fuipended, fb that they have no inclination to precipitate and fall down...the greater heights of the mercury. 3. The mercury fmks the loweft of all by the very rapid motion of air in ftorms of wind. For the trad\ or region of... | |
| Roger Cotes, Robert Smith - Air - 1775 - 336 pages
...blow ; and then the air being fpecifically heavier, the vapours are better kept fufpended, fo that they have no inclination to precipitate and fall down...which is the reafon of the ferene good weather, which at-? tends the greater heights of the mercury. 3. The mercury finks the lowefl of all by the, very... | |
| John Imison - 1796 - 476 pages
...to blow; and then the air being fpecifically heavier, the vapours are better keptfufpendcd, fo that they have no inclination to precipitate, and fall...greater heights of the mercury. 3. The mercury finks the loweft of all by the very rapid motion of the air in ftorms of winds. For the traft or region of the... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...blow ; and then the air being fpecifically heavier, the vapours are better kept fufpended, fo that they have no inclination to precipitate and fall down in drops, which is the reafon of th« ferene good weather which attends the greater heights of the mercury. " 3. The mercury finks the... | |
| Friedrich Wilhelm August Murhard - Balloons - 1799 - 462 pages
...to blow; and then the Air being fpecifically heavier, the Vapours are better kept fufpended, fo that they have no Inclination to precipitate and fall down in Drops, which is the reafon of the ferene and good Weather which attends the greater heights of the Mercury. 3. Why upon very great Winds or... | |
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