INDEX TO VOL. I. 





Atannphen, chemical conntitution of the, 



11." 

 Atmosphere, den.ity of. decreases with 



rU-T.tu.il, 11.' I. 



AUBO-; >' I'tli.-, 1128. 



Atmosphere, brunt <>l <:. 1 1 

 AlmupheiT, limiu of the, I U7. 

 Atmosphere over town*, 1 1 83. 

 Atmosphere, weight or thr, 1 12.1. 

 Atmospheric currents, reverse. 1135. 

 Atmospheric disturbances, FiUroy'* views 



of. 1171. 



Atmospheric moUture, 1138, 1198, 1210. 

 Atmospheric moitture, determination of, 



1145. 

 Atmospheric moisture, diurnal variation 



,.f. 1147. 

 Atmotpheric moUt'ire. monthly variation 



of, 1147. 



Atmospheric phenomena, 1134. 

 Atmospheric pressure, 1 123. 

 Atmospheric refraction, 1117. 

 Aurora Borealis, cause and nature of the, 



11. MI, us:,. 



Aurora Borealii in Scotland, 1185. 

 Aurora, height of. 1 151, 1185. 



BALLOON ascent, tables of the decrease 



of temperature during a, 1182, 1215. 

 Balloon ascent, table of the height of the 



barometer, height above the sea. 



perature, and dew-point, during a, 1216. 

 Balloon ascents, Glaisher's, 1 1 7'.'. el irij. 

 Balloon ascents, results of Glauber's, 



112, fl ttq. 



Balloon ascents. Talue of, II HI. 

 Barometer affected by certain winds, 1 1 74. 

 Barometer, difference-table of, for succes- 



. sive elevations, ll-'J. 

 Barometer, government standard, 1 190. 

 Barometer, mean height of the, 1 138. 

 Barometer, periodical variations of the, 



1138. 



B romcter, principles of the, 1 123. 

 Barometer, table of the height of, during 



a balloon ascent, 1216. 

 Barometer, testing at Kew, 1190. 

 Barometer, variations of the, 1138. 

 Barometers, aneroid and merrurinl, com- 



parative readings of, during a balloon 



ascent, 1214. 



Barometers, errors of, incorrect, 1 159. 

 Karoroeters, manufacture of, 1125. 

 Barometers, marine, 1190. 

 Barometers, various forms of, 1124. 

 Barometers, Vernier scale for, 1 125. 

 Barometric changes depending on certain 



winds, 1174. 

 Barometric column, causes of the varia- 



tion of the, 1174. 



Barometric column, surfaces of the, 1 125. 

 Barometric corrections for altitudes. 1 1 1',7 . 

 Barometric corrections for capillarity, 



Hi,.,. 

 Barometric corrections for diurnal range, 



Barometric corrections for temperature, 

 1165. 



Barometric determination of heights, pre- 

 cautions to be obvivnl in making, 



Barometric disturbance, causes of, 1171. 

 Bavowwtria observatiiiiii. II'.-.. 

 Barometric reduction* of readings, 1166. 

 Birds, their di.trimjtmn. 1202. 

 Breeaea, causes of land and tea, 1 1 35. 



CAPILLARITY, correction for, 1126. 

 Capillarity of glass tubes. 1 12 j. 

 Capillarity, table of, for barometers, 



ill 



Cantx, and t!> . 1201. 



Carpathians, elevation ot tin Know. line on 



IIM. 



Central beat of the eatth, 1 155. 



Charts for wewther.rrgutration. 1 189. 



Ch" mi-try of the atino-phrre, 1120. 



and their climate, habits, Ac., 



12(13. 

 Cholera in connection with climate, &c., 



1205. 



Climate and scrofulous diseases, 120 1 ",. 

 Climate and the distribution of birds, 



1202. 

 Climate as affecting the health of the 



navy, 1206. 

 Climate, influence of, controlled by other 



causes, 1201. 

 Climate, influence of, in respect to the 



distribution of plants and an 



1199. 



Climate, influence of, in respect to eth- 

 nology, 1202. 



Climate influenced by islands, 1197. 

 Climate influenced by lakes, ll!'7. 

 Climate in relation to typhus and typhoid 



fevers, 1206. 



Climate of America (North), 1196. 

 Climate of America (South), 1196. 

 Climate of Asia (Central). 1 195. 

 Climate of Australia (South), 1195. 

 Climate of Borneo, 1197. 

 Climate of Brazil, 1196. 

 Climate of California, 1 1 96. 

 Climate of Canada, 1196. 

 Climate of Ceylon, 11(17. 

 Climate of China, 1195. 

 Climate of India, 1195. 

 Climate of Madagascar, 1197. 

 Climate of Mexico, 1196. 

 Climate of New Zealand, 1 195. 

 Climate of Shanghae. 1195. 

 Climate of Sicily, 1197. 

 Climate of Sydney, 1195. 

 Climate of the Canaries, 1 1 97. 

 Climate of the Crimea, 1193. 

 Climate of the Sahara, 1 195. 

 Climate, rainfalls, mean temperature, &c., 



tables of, 1210 1214. 

 Climates, excessive, 1193. 

 Climatic effects of suspended moisture, 



1192. 



Climatic influences, 1155. 

 Climatic zones of altitude and latitude, 



1199. 



Cloud, estimate of the amount of, 1169. 

 Clouds and the weather, 1112. 

 Clouds, appearance of, as indicating wea- 

 ther, 11/7. 

 Clouds, appearance of, described by 



Glauber, 1182. 

 Clouds, classification of, 1169. 

 Clouds, composition, height, position, &c., 



of, 1142. 

 Clouds, name* of the different kinds of, 



1141. 



Clouds, shape of, 1141. 

 Cold, effects of, 1158. 

 Cold winds, 1137. 

 Compressibility of gases, 1122. 

 Consumption and meteorology, 1206. 

 Corrections, barometric, 1 I (,.">, 1106. 

 Corrections for temperature, 1165. 

 Crystals, shape of snow and frost, 1158. 

 Currents of air, polar and tropical, 1174. 

 Currents of the ocean, &c., 1157. 

 Cyanometer, the, 1165. 

 Cyclones, definition and direction of, 



1136, 117.',. 



Cyclones, general causes of, 1 1 7 j. 

 Cyclones, generation of, 1171. 



DANIKIL'I hygrometer, 1146. 



Decrease of temperature during a balloon 



ascent, table of the, I !82, 1 1 

 i. em 1,1 temperature at great 



tioni, 11S2, rl te</. 

 Dew, amount of, 1140. 

 Dew, conditions required to produce, 



1139. 



Dew dependent on radiation, 1139. 



Dew, <l | 1 1.19. 



Dew, honey, 1 1 1". 



Dew, maximum full of, in various coun- 



II ID. 



Dew-point at great elevations. 1183. 

 Dew-point hygrometer-. 111,. 

 Dew-point, mean <; nf tbe, 



I in. 



I), w. point, nature of thr. 1146. 



Dew-point, reduction of, from tempera- 

 ture, 1170. 



Dew-point, table of, during a balloon 

 ascent, 1216. 



Dew, production of, 1 1 ."><. 



Dew, time of deposition of, 1140. 



itial thermometer, the, 1130. 



Diffusion of gases, 1 U '. 



Diseases and climate, 1151, 1205. 



Diseases, epidemic and endemic, influenced 

 by climate, 1205. 



Diseases of seamen in respect to climate, 

 1206. 



Distance-measurer, the, 1161. 



l).-ti ibutinn of plants and animals in re- 

 lation to climate, 1 1'JJ. 



Drainage improves climate, 1186. 



Drainage, meteorological influence of, 

 1185. 



Dysentery in the navy, 1207. 



ELECTRIC phenomena, 1178. 

 Electric phenomena on the Jir 



IKS. 

 Electrical origin of lightning, 1 



ity, atmospheric, nature of. 11 TV 

 Electricity, free, causes and amount :. in 



the air. 1 1 79. 



Electricity, free, instances of, 1178. 

 Electricity, prevalence of free, 117'.'. 



rieftjr, to collect fiv ,111 



Electricity, to detect free atmn;] ' 



1179. 



Electro-magnetic thermometers, 1133, 

 Electrometers, 1163. 

 Elevation and temperature, 1182, et ttj. 

 Elevation, differential tables of, for the 



barometer, 1189. 



Endemic diseases and meteorology, Uii.,. 

 Epidemic diseases and n. I 205. 



Equator, elevation of tbe snow-line at tbe, 



1193. 

 Esquimaux, and their climate, habits, &c., 



1202. 



Ethnology and meteorology, 1202. 

 Evaporation, to find mean daily amount 



of. 1170. 



Evaporators, 1162. 



Excessive ranges of temperature, 1193. 

 Expansion by heat, 1126. 



FATA-MOROANA, cause of the, 1148. 



KiiY-tinlls, \<\. origin of, 1151. 



Fish, their distribution in respect to cli- 



. 1200. 



Filzroy's forecasts of weather, 1 1 72. 

 Kiuroy's opinions on aerial currents, 1174. 

 Fogs, 1140. 

 Fogs, dry, 1141. 

 Fogs, local, 1186. 

 Fogs, prevalence of, in certain con: 



1141. 



Fiihn, the (a kind of hot wind), 1 137- 

 Forecasts, general principles of wi 



1173. 

 Forecasts of the weather, bases of, 117.",, 



117". 

 Forecast*, useful charts for unking, 11 'J I. 



GABCOUS radiation and absorption, ll'.'i. 

 Gases, amount of tue expansion by 



Gases, condensation of, 1122. 

 Gases, definition ot tbc trim, 1122. 

 Gases, diffusion of, 1 120. 



