Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger, Vol. 2

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger, Vol. 2: During the Years 1873-76 Under the Command of Captain George S. Nares, R. N., F. R. S., And the Late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R. N., Physics and Chemistry This volume contains Parts IV., V., Vi., and VII. of the Physical and Chemical series of Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition. Part IV. - While conducting the experimental work connected with the behaviour of the Challenger thermometers under pressure, a Report on which forms Appendix A to Volume II. of the Narrative of the Cruise, a number of subsidiary experiments of great interest, more or less connected with Ocean Physics, were suggested and partly carried out by Professor Tait. These and cognate matters were more fully investigated subsequently, and formed the basis of the present Report by Professor Tait "On some of the Physical Properties of Fresh and Sea Water." This title by no means indicates the variety of the subjects treated of experimentally and otherwise, for instance, the compression of glass, salt solutions, and mercury are investigated, and a discussion is given of the curious question (raised by Laplace's researches) of the internal pressure of a liquid mass, and historical details on these subjects are recorded. An examination of the Report will show the great amount of experimental and other work that was necessary for the production of this most valuable paper. The Report occupies 76 pages of letterpress, illustrated by 2 plates. Part V. - Previous to the departure of the Challenger Expedition in 1872, discussions of the more fundamental problems of meteorology relative to the diurnal changes in atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind, were almost exclusively restricted to observations made on land. 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.