Papers on meteorology : relating especially to the climate of Britain, and to the variations of the barometer / by Luke Howard.

  • Howard, Luke, 1772-1864.
Date:
1850-1854
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Credit: Papers on meteorology : relating especially to the climate of Britain, and to the variations of the barometer / by Luke Howard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    APPENDIX TO BAROMETROGRAPHIA. PART II. PAPERS COMMUNICATED TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY. CONTENTS. Page A Meteorological Report for the year 1820 in the vicinity of London la On the late extraordinary Depression of the Barometer [1821] 13a On the Wet Summer of 1839 15a On certain Variations of the mean height of the Barometer, mean Temperature and Fall of Rain, connected with the Moon’s Phases, in the Cycle of years from 1815 to 1823 . 19a Tables of the Variation, through a Cycle of nine years, of the mean Height of the Baro- meter, mean Temperature and Depth of Rain, as connected with the prevailing Winds, influenced in their direction by the occurrence of the Lunar Apsides; with some con- cluding observations on the result 23a On a remarkable Depression of the Barometer in November 1840, agreeing very closely in its movements and results with that of December 1821 32a On a Cycle of Eighteen Years in the mean annual height of the Barometer in the Cli- mate of London, and on a constant Variation of the Barometrical Mean according to the Moon’s Declination 39a On the Proportions of the prevailing Winds, the mean Temperature, and depth of Rain, in the Climate of London; computed through a Cycle of Eighteen Years on Periods of the Moon’s Declination 43a ■ On the Barometrical Variation as affected by the Moon’s Declination 63a