Smithson Meteorological Tables

Author : Smithsonian Institution
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484764230
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Smithsonian Meteorological Tables (Classic Reprint) written by Smithsonian Institution and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Smithsonian Meteorological Tables The original edition of the Smithsonian Meteorological Tables was issued in 1893, and revised editions were published in 1896, 1897, and 1907. A fourth revised edition is here presented, which has been prepared under the direction of Professor Charles F. Marvin, Chief of the us. Weather Bureau, assisted by Professor Herbert H. Kimball. They have had at their disposal numerous notes left by the late Professor Cleveland Abbe, and have consulted with officials of the us. Bureau of Standards and of other Government bureaus relative to the value of certain physical constants that have entered into the calculation of the fables. All errata thus far detected in the earlier editions have here been corrected. New vapor pressure tables, derived from the latest experimental values by means of a modification of Van der Waals interpolation formula devised by Professor Marvin, have been introduced. The table of relative acceleration of gravity at different latitudes has been recomputed from a new equation based upon the latest investigations of the us. Coast and Geodetic Survey. These values have been employed in reducing barometric readings to the standard value of gravity adopted by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, supplementing a table that has been introduced for directly reducing barometer readings from the value of grav ity at the place of observation to its standard value. The new values of vapor pressure and of gravity acceleration thus obtained, together with a recent and more accurate determination of the density of mercury, have called for an extensive revision of numerous other tables, and especially of those for the reduction of psychrometric observa tions, and the barometrical tables. Among the new tables added are those for converting barometric inches and barometric millimeters into millibars, for determining heights from pressures expressed in dynamic units, tables of gradient winds, and tables giving the duration of astronomical and civil twilight, and the trans mission percentages of radiation through moist air. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.