 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1841 - 774 pages
...13. Mean Height of the Barometer. 144. Several considerations would lead us to the inference, that the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea should vary with the latitude; but it is to experiment alone that we can look for any indication of... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1841 - 776 pages
...assistants. B. Mean Height of the Barometer. 144. Several considerations would lead us to the inference, that the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea should vary with the latitude; but it is to experiment alone that we can look for any indication of... | |
 | New York (State) - 1843 - 116 pages
...quarts, pints, half pints, and gills. How many pounds of distilled water shall the bushel contain, at the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea ? Eighty pounds. » The hundred-weight shall consist of how many pounds ? One hundred avoirdupois.... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - Astronomy - 1845 - 514 pages
...the height of the barometer would of itself be accompanied with a depression of the sea-level. But as the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea, in consequence of meteorological causes — direction of the wind, moistness of the air — is not... | |
 | Science - 1847 - 508 pages
...have been the case had they been turned into two distinct tables. It has hitherto been considered that the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea was nearly the same in all parts of the world, as no material difference occurs between the equator... | |
 | Sir James Clark Ross - Antarctica - 1847 - 516 pages
...have been the case had they been formed into two distinct tables. It has hitherto been considered that the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea was nearly the same in all parts of the world, as no material difference occurs between the equator... | |
 | Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - Science - 1848 - 400 pages
...have been the case had they been turned into two distinct tables. It has hitherto been considered that the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea was nearly the same in all parts of the world, as no material difference occurs between the equator... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - Physics - 1848 - 330 pages
...is scarcely ever observed to take place, at the surface of the earth, under any circumstances. 428. The mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea, is proved to be nearly the same in all parts of the earth. — The mean height of the mercury in the... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...unit is defined by declaring that a cubic foot of pure water, at its maximum density, weighs 62£ such pounds, or 1000 ounces, using brass weights, at the...pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea. 1 lb. avoir. 1 oz. " = 1 dr. " = 7000 troy grains = 5760 ' " = 175 ' pounds = 175 ' ounces = 437^ '... | |
 | Uriah Parke - Arithmetic - 1849 - 414 pages
...unit of Liquid Measure, as recognized by the laws of Ohio, is a gallon, of such capacity as to contain at the mean pressure of the atmosphere, at the level of the sea, eight pounds of distilled water, at its maximum density. This is less than 231 cubic inches, being... | |
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Thus it is a law of the nature of water that under the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea, it boils at 212° Fahrenheit. 
