Volume 1

The climate of London, deduced from meteorological observations, made in the Metropolis, and at various places around it / by Luke Howard.

  • Howard, Luke, 1772-1864.
Date:
1833
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The climate of London, deduced from meteorological observations, made in the Metropolis, and at various places around it / by Luke Howard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rod, insulated, of the, See Electricity. Rome, its climate, &c. vol. iii. 48, 131, 240. Royal Society, its Register, vol. i. 131, 90, 102, 105. Run of a ship, in the great tempest of 1703 : vol. i. 258. Rust on growing crops, what, and how prevented, vol. i. 47- Rye protects wheat from blights, vol. i. 48. S Sacks of earth used to prevent an inundation, vol. ii. GO. Safety of a bed in Thunder-storms, vol. ii. 51: vol. iii. 289, 291. Salt water carried inland by storms, vol. iii. 134. Salmon packed in ice, vol. iii. 110. Sand-winds, vol. iii. 48, 192. tubes (Fulgurites?) vol. iii. 313. Saussure, his Hygrometer, Intr. xvi. xxiii. xxxii. Saxifrages retain the hoarfrost, vol. ii. 253, 401. Scotland, great floods in, vol. iii. 329—331. Scud, what, vol. ii. 17, Note. Sea, unusual agitations of the, vol. ii. 13G, 179 : vol. iii. 155. Sea air found dry by the Hygrometer, vol. ii. 391. Seasons, the, their duration, mean temperature, &c. vol. i. 35. Seneca, Intr. xxxviii. Septenary of temperature, vol. i. 5, 8, 41, 55. Shadows of clouds, &c. projected in the air, vol. ii. 9,155, 208, 210, 377? 399, 40G. Sheep, effect of bad weather on, vol. iii. 1G6: drowned by going on a frozen pond, vol. iii. 344. Ships struck by lightning, vol. ii. G9, 137, 219, 222 : vol. iii. 130, 144, 145, 307- Shower, freezing, curious composition of a, vol. ii. 65. of burnt paper, vol. ii. 230. Showers, their Electricity, vol. ii. 13, 42, 45, 75. affect particular districts, vol. ii. 277- Shume, (or Smoom,) vol. iii. 49. Siesta, vol. iii. 48. Sierra Leone and Gambia, vol. iii. 189. Signs of Zodiac, mean temperature by, vol. i. 48. Rain, Jenner’s, in verse, vol. iii. 356. Silex a component part of the straw in our crops : how obtained by the plant, vol. i. 47. Sirocco and Tramontano, vol. iii. 48, 141, 191, 241. Site of the author’s first observations described, vol. i. 3. Six, James, his Thermometer, Intr. xi. Skaiting, vol. iii. 208. Sky coloured, instance of, before rain, vol. ii. 388. Sledges, travelling in, vol. iii. 241. Slip of a bank, vol. ii. 55. Smoke, great darkness from, vol. ii. 1G2, 311, 213. inosculates with clouds, vol. ii. 220, 261, 385, 403. Smyrna, vol. iii. 296. Snow, accidents in the, vol. iii. 110, 366. aloft, observed by aeronauts, vol. iii. 217-