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... daily and yearly periodic changes , 19 M. Cotte's axiom for the consideration of temperature , 21 The effects produced by great heat in shade , . 22 Thermometrical Observations for January , taken on the Gold Coast and M'Carthy's Island ...
... daily and yearly periodic changes , 19 M. Cotte's axiom for the consideration of temperature , 21 The effects produced by great heat in shade , . 22 Thermometrical Observations for January , taken on the Gold Coast and M'Carthy's Island ...
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... daily or yearly fluctuations . The non- periodic changes are caused by shifting winds , clouds , rains , Non - periodic . radiation , and evaporation . periodic In Western Africa the temperature of the air is at its lowest Daily at 4 o ...
... daily or yearly fluctuations . The non- periodic changes are caused by shifting winds , clouds , rains , Non - periodic . radiation , and evaporation . periodic In Western Africa the temperature of the air is at its lowest Daily at 4 o ...
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... daily use , but for my observations I have employed that used in England : - Fahrenheit's Scale , the freezing point of which is registered at 32 ° , and the boiling point at 212 ° . Centigrade Scale is that used in France , and amongst ...
... daily use , but for my observations I have employed that used in England : - Fahrenheit's Scale , the freezing point of which is registered at 32 ° , and the boiling point at 212 ° . Centigrade Scale is that used in France , and amongst ...
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... Daily . Maximum Daily . Minimum Daily . Daily Range . 90 65 76 80 88 61 77 84 94 74 75 85 85 67 77 82 90 86 72 86 91 66 69 80 80 68 66 77 82 64 66 76 588 25 90 75 73 75 75.83 90 65 94 60 76 80 || 75:15 94 92 73 75 84 803 94 86 67 73 76 ...
... Daily . Maximum Daily . Minimum Daily . Daily Range . 90 65 76 80 88 61 77 84 94 74 75 85 85 67 77 82 90 86 72 86 91 66 69 80 80 68 66 77 82 64 66 76 588 25 90 75 73 75 75.83 90 65 94 60 76 80 || 75:15 94 92 73 75 84 803 94 86 67 73 76 ...
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... Daily . Maximum Daily . Minimum Daily . Daily Range . 123 4+ 98 62 61 72 99 65 69 71 97 70 6473 98 66 62 72 3 98 63 61 70 98 82 6180 97 70 64 73 5 99 66 64 72 99 65 69 72 97 66 68 73 6 7 94 63 63 71 99 70 60 71 96 72 63 74 8 100 65 64 ...
... Daily . Maximum Daily . Minimum Daily . Daily Range . 123 4+ 98 62 61 72 99 65 69 71 97 70 6473 98 66 62 72 3 98 63 61 70 98 82 6180 97 70 64 73 5 99 66 64 72 99 65 69 72 97 66 68 73 6 7 94 63 63 71 99 70 60 71 96 72 63 74 8 100 65 64 ...
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A.M. Noon Accra acid afternoon amongst Amount of Cloud April aqueous vapour atmosphere August barometer Bathurst Bight of Benin blows boiling Camaroon Cape Coast carbonic acid Cloudy Days Coast of Africa cold colony commences Daily Dew-Point diarrhoea directions disease dysentery earth effect elevated Evening-2nd Evening-5th Fair-Days falls February feet Freetown Gambia region Gold Coast harmattan harmattan wind healthy heat height Hygrometer inches increased inhabitants interior July June lagoon Lagos land Liberia lightning M'Carthy's Island March matter MAXIMUM mercury MILITARY HOSPITAL month morning mortality mountains native night Noon-1st Noon-2nd Noon-4th OBSERVATIONS.-At 9 OBSERVATIONS.-Morning-1st OBSERVATIONS.-Morning-2nd October ozone Ozonometer produced quantity of ozone quinine rainy season rises RIVER GAMBIA sanitary Saturation sea breeze Senegal September Sierra Leone soil south-west St Mary's stations surface temperature thermometer THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS thunder tion tornado town tropical climates unhealthy vegetable weather West Coast Western Africa wet bulb Wet-Days whilst yellow fever
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