Hygiene: Or, Health as Depending Upon the Conditions of the Atmosphere, Foods and Drinks, Motion and Rest, Sleep and Wakefulness, Secretions, Excretions, and Retentions, Mental Emotions, Clothing, Bathing, &c |
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... weather . Their movements are sensibly felt by the baro- meter . On the 9th of October , 1849 , the anterior trough of a wave passed over London ; the crest on the 13th , and the posterior trough on the 18th . On this day the reading of ...
... weather . Their movements are sensibly felt by the baro- meter . On the 9th of October , 1849 , the anterior trough of a wave passed over London ; the crest on the 13th , and the posterior trough on the 18th . On this day the reading of ...
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... weather the temperature of the air , a few feet above the earth , will sometimes decrease , even in this country , 18 or 20 degrees between sunset and sunrise , though no change of wind has in the mean time occurred . 154. Dew possesses ...
... weather the temperature of the air , a few feet above the earth , will sometimes decrease , even in this country , 18 or 20 degrees between sunset and sunrise , though no change of wind has in the mean time occurred . 154. Dew possesses ...
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... weather , covered with fog in the early morning , in consequence of the temperature of the water during the night being above that of the superincumbent air . This latter , becoming warmed by the water , rises surcharged with moisture ...
... weather , covered with fog in the early morning , in consequence of the temperature of the water during the night being above that of the superincumbent air . This latter , becoming warmed by the water , rises surcharged with moisture ...
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... Weather . 179. The cirrus has the least density , and the greatest eleva- tion . It has long been deemed a prognostic of wind , and is vulgarly called " mares ' tails . " 180. The cumulus is of the most dense structure , and moves with ...
... Weather . 179. The cirrus has the least density , and the greatest eleva- tion . It has long been deemed a prognostic of wind , and is vulgarly called " mares ' tails . " 180. The cumulus is of the most dense structure , and moves with ...
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... weather . 183. The cirro - stratus is almost always followed by a de- pression of temperature , by wind and rain ; and is the modi- fication which most frequently and completely exhibits the phænomena of the solar and lunar halo , of ...
... weather . 183. The cirro - stratus is almost always followed by a de- pression of temperature , by wind and rain ; and is the modi- fication which most frequently and completely exhibits the phænomena of the solar and lunar halo , of ...
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