Manual of Meteorology ...: Meteorology in historyUniversity Press, 1926 |
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Strana 13
... . The northern limit he thought might be in the countries underneath the stars that never set . Taking the latitude of Athens as 38 ° , the stars that never go below the horizon would be within a circle of 38 ° from the pole.
... . The northern limit he thought might be in the countries underneath the stars that never set . Taking the latitude of Athens as 38 ° , the stars that never go below the horizon would be within a circle of 38 ° from the pole.
Strana 14
... latitude 52 ° . That may be taken as Aristotle's idea of the northern limit of the world , and we have therefore to consider a region between the latitudes 23 ° N and 52 ° N and between the meridians of 20 ° W and 70 ° E , about one ...
... latitude 52 ° . That may be taken as Aristotle's idea of the northern limit of the world , and we have therefore to consider a region between the latitudes 23 ° N and 52 ° N and between the meridians of 20 ° W and 70 ° E , about one ...
Strana 15
... latitudes we could hardly get on without a special word for weather ; that fact is a very clear indication of the difference to which we wish now to call attention . Our proverbially periodic phenomena are the tides and not the weather ...
... latitudes we could hardly get on without a special word for weather ; that fact is a very clear indication of the difference to which we wish now to call attention . Our proverbially periodic phenomena are the tides and not the weather ...
Strana 19
... . One part uses British units , the mercury inch at 32 ° F in latitude 45 ° , the Fahrenheit degree and the inch ; and the other part uses the millimetre of 2-2 THE " WORLD AS KNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS " 19 Instrumental observations.
... . One part uses British units , the mercury inch at 32 ° F in latitude 45 ° , the Fahrenheit degree and the inch ; and the other part uses the millimetre of 2-2 THE " WORLD AS KNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS " 19 Instrumental observations.
Strana 20
... latitude 45 ° , the centigrade scale and the millimetre . The practice of giving pressure in terms of a hypothetical inch or millimetre at the freezing - point of water in latitude 45 ° , which was introduced into international practice ...
... latitude 45 ° , the centigrade scale and the millimetre . The practice of giving pressure in terms of a hypothetical inch or millimetre at the freezing - point of water in latitude 45 ° , which was introduced into international practice ...
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Strana 64 - They that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their business in great waters ; These men see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Strana 66 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Strana 65 - They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep : their soul melteth away because of the trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man : and are at their wit's end. 28 So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivereth them out of their distress. 29 For he maketh the storm to cease : so that the waves thereof are still.
Strana 65 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Strana 98 - Parcus deorum cultor et infrequens insanientis dum sapientiae consultus erro, nunc retrorsum vela dare atque iterare cursus cogor relictos...
Strana 65 - THEN the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, WHO is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Strana 66 - Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail, Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?
Strana 64 - With that he gathered the clouds and troubled the waters of the deep, grasping his trident in his hands ; and he roused all storms of all manner of winds, and shrouded in clouds the land and sea: and down sped night from heaven.
Strana 72 - Sea and so sailed into the Southern Ocean. When autumn came they went ashore, wherever they might happen to be, and having sown a tract of land with corn, waited until the grain was fit to cut. Having reaped it, they again set sail; and thus it came to pass that two whole years went by, and it was not until the third year that they doubled the Pillars of Hercules and made good their voyage home.
Strana 65 - O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness, and declare the wonders that He doth for the children of men.