A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility

CHAPTER I. INSTRUMENTS FOR ASCERTAINING THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.

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SECTION

1. Principle of the Barometer.

2. Construction of Barometers.

3. Fortin's Barometer Cistern.

4. STANDARD BAROMETER.

5. Correction due to Capillarity.

6. " " Temperature.

7. " " Height.

8. The Barometer Vernier.

9. SELF-COMPENSATING STANDARD BAROMETER.

10. BAROMETER WITH ELECTRICAL ADJUSTMENT.

11. PEDIMENT BAROMETERS.

12. The Words on the Scale.

13. Correction due to Capacity of Cistern.

14. PUBLIC BAROMETERS.

15. FISHERY OR SEA-COAST BAROMETERS.

16. Admiral FitzRoy's Words for the Scale.

17. Instructions for Sea-coast Barometer.

18. French Sea-coast Barometer.

19. COMMON MARINE BAROMETER.

20. THE KEW MARINE BAROMETER.

21. Method of verifying Barometers.

22. FITZROY'S MARINE BAROMETER.

23. Words for its Scale.

24. Trials of this Barometer under Gun-fire.

25. NEGRETTI AND ZAMBRA'S FARMER'S BAROMETER AND DOMESTIC WEATHER-GLASS.

26. Rules for Foretelling the Weather.

27. Causes which may bring about a Fall or a Rise in the Barometer.

28. Use of the Barometer in the Management of Mines.

29. Use of the Barometer in estimating the Height of Tides.