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Page 252 - From the foregoing statements it may be safely inferred that " the mean height of the barometer at the level of the sea being the same in every part of the globe...
Page 45 - I, 1891, shall have charge of the forecasting of weather, the issue of storm warnings, the display of weather and flood signals for the benefit of agriculture, commerce and navigation, the gauging and reporting of rivers, the maintenance and operation of sea-coast telegraph lines, and the collection and transmission of marine intelligence for the benefit of commerce and navigation...
Page 206 - Every blade of grass, and every branch of tree would drip with moisture deposited by the passing air ; our dresses would become wet and dripping, and umbrellas useless ; but our miseries would not end here.
Page 45 - That the Chief of the Weather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture...
Page 42 - War be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent and at other points in the States and Territories of the United States, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and on the seacoast, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms.
Page 305 - It is essential that the lower extremity of the conductor be buried in permanently damp soil ; hence proximity to rain-water pipes and to drains is desirable.
Page 336 - Relative humidity is lowest at the sea coast stations, and highest at the inland ones. (4) The south-western district seems the most cloudy in winter, spring, and autumn, and the southern district the least cloudy in the summer months, and the sea coast stations are, as a rule, less cloudy than the inland ones.
Page 119 - If the sun were surrounded by a solid sphere of a radius equal to the mean distance of the sun from the earth (95,000,000 of miles), the whole of this prodigious amount of heat would be intercepted ; but considering that the earth's apparent diameter as seen from the sun is only seventeen seconds, the earth can intercept only the 2,250-millionth part.
Page 407 - invasion," which exactly resembles that of the recognized specific fevers. 5. The appearance of constitutional symptoms before the development of local signs or symptoms. 6. The critical termination of the febrile movement in uncomplicated cases. 7. The presence of local epiphenomena in connection with the skin, as herpes, taches bleuatres, and desquamation.
Page 45 - ... the taking of such meteorological observations as may be necessary to establish and record the climatic conditions of the United States, or are essential for the proper execution of the foregoing duties.