METEOROLOGY.] 



INDEX TO VOL. I. 



1263 



Gases expanded by heat, 1127. 



Gases, expansion and compression of, 



1122. 



Gases, law as to the volume of, 1 122. 

 Gases, Marriotte's law respecting;, 1122. 

 Gases, physical properties of, 1122. 

 Gimbal vane, the, 1163. 

 Glaisher's balloon ascent?, 1179, et seq. 

 Glaisher's winter ascent in January, ISO I, 



1209. 

 Gulf-stream, influence on climate of the, 



1156, 1198. 



Gulf-stream, limits of the, 1157. 

 Gulf-stream, temperature of the, 1157. 

 Gulf-strearn, the, 1156. 



HAIL, production, fall, &c , of, 1145. 

 H.iil-stones, fall of extraordinary, 1145. 

 Halo, causes of the, 1149. 

 Health affected by changes of weather, 



1177. 



Heat absorbed by aqueous vapour, 1192. 

 Heat, and the volume of bodies, 1126. 

 Heat, and the volume of gases, 1127. 

 Heat, conduction of, 1134. 

 Heat, convection of, 1134. 

 Heat, expansion by, 1126. 

 Heat, radiation of, 1134. 

 Heat, terrestrial, distribution of, 1194. 

 Heights, barometric determination of, 



Hfigli'*, measurement of, by the barome 

 ter, 1124. 



II tights, normal correction for determin- 

 ing by the barometer, 1188. 



Heights, Plantauiour's observations on 

 the barometric determinations of, 118(1. 



Himalayas, snow. line on the, 1192. 



Hoar-frost, cause of, 1140. 



Honey-dew, 1140. 



ll'i-pitals, Dr. F. Watson's method of 



Purifying the air admitted into, for 

 ndia, 1208. 

 Hottentots, their climate, habits, &c. , 



1204. 



Hot winds, 1136. 

 Humiility, to calculate the degree of, 



1168. 



Hurricanes, 1136. 



Hygrometers, use and corrections of, 1164. 

 Hygrometers, various, 1146. 

 Hygrometric observations, redaction of, 



1168. 

 Hygroscopcs, 1146. 



INDIA, sanitary measures in relation to 



the climate of, 1207, 1208. 

 Indian Ocean, currents of the, 1157. 

 In-tmrts, animal, as foreboding weather, 



1177. 



Instrument-stands, 1160. 

 Islands, influence of, on climate, 1197. 

 Isothermal lines, 1194. 

 Isothermal lines, direction of, 1194. 



JAPANESE, their climate, habits, &c., 

 1203. 



LAKES influence of, on climate, 1197. 



Land-surfaces, effects of, on weather, 

 1177. 



Laplanders and their climate, habits, &c., 

 1202. 



Latitude influences the climatic zone, 

 1199. 



Lightning, cause of, 1151. 



Lightning-conductors, 1152. 



Lightning-conductors, precautions respect- 

 ing, 1153. 



Local fogs, haze, &c., 1186. 



Loricata, their distribution in respect to 

 climate, 1200. 



Luminous meteors, 1184. 



LuininniK meteorn, height of, 1185. 



Lunar rainbows, 



MALARIA, dangerous effects of, 1205. 

 Mammalia, tlieir distribution in respect 



to climate, 1200. 

 Man, influence of a change of climate on 



the general character of, 1 203. 

 Man, influence of climate on the varieties 



of, 1202. 



Marine barometers, 1190. 

 Marriotte's law respecting gases, 1122. 

 Marshes, Sic., meteorological influence of, 



1185. 

 Maximum and minimum thermometers, 



1162. 



Mran temperature of the dew-point, 1168. 

 Mean temperature, reduction of the, 



1167. 



Mediterranean, currents of the, 1157. 

 Mercurial and aneroid barometers, com- 

 parative readings of, during a balloon 



ascent, 1214. 

 Meteoric stones, 1 1 53. 

 Meteorological deductions, Fitzroy's, 



1174. 



Meteorological instruments, 1171. 

 Meteorological observations, 1159. 

 Meteorological phenomena to be observed, 



1165. 



Meteorology and agriculture, 1186. 

 Meteorology and endemic diseases, 1205. 

 Meteorology and epidemic diseases, 1205. 

 Meteorology and ethnology, 1202. 

 Meteorology, definition, &c., of, 1120. 

 Meteorology in its connection with other 



branches of science, 1209. 

 Meteorology, practical, 1159. 

 Mexicans, ancient, and their climate, 



1204 



Mirage, cause of the, 1147. 

 Moisture, atmospheric, 1138. 

 Moisture, atmospheric, determination of, 



1145. 

 Moisture, common effects of, in daily life, 



1175. 

 Mni-ture, comparative, of various places, 



tables of, 12101214. 

 Moisture of air at great elevations, 1182, 



ft eq. 

 Mollusca, their distribution in respect to 



climate, 1200. 



NATURAL meteorological Indications, 



1171. 



Negretti's thermometer, 1162. 

 Newfoundland fogs, cause of the, 1187. 

 North Cape, elevation of the snow. line at 



the, ll'J.'i. 

 Norway, elevation of the snow-line in, 



1193. 



OBLIO.CITY of the solar rays, 1191. 



Observations, charts for meteorological, 

 1190. 



Observations, general results of meteor- 

 ological, 1191. 



Observations, how to make meteorologi- 

 cal, 1160. 



Ooservations, precautions required for 

 making, 1170. 



Odessa, climate of, 1193. 



Organic influence of climate, 1159. 



Ozone, amount of, at great elevations, 

 1184. 



Ozone, amount of free, 1187. 



Ozone and epidemic diseases, 1187. 



Ozone, detection of, 1122. 



Ozone, effects of, on the health, 1 1 87. 



Ozone, extraordinary production ot free, 

 1187. 



Ozone, physiological effec's of, 1122, 



Ozone, preparation of, 1121. 



Ozone, properties of, 1122. 



Ozone, purifying powers of, 1122. 



Ozone, smell and detection of free, 11S8. 



Ozone test-papers, 1122. 



Ozone test-papers, to make, 1164. 



Ozone, tests for the presence of, 1122. 

 Ozonometer, the, 1164. 



PARASELENE, cause of, 1150. 



Parhelia, cause of, 1150. 



Patasjonians and their climate, 1201. 



Petersburg, St., climate of, 1193. 



Photographs taken at great elevations, 

 1184. 



Phthisis, meteorological conditions favour- 

 able to, 1206. 



Plants, acclimatisation of, 1201. 



Plants and animals, their distribution in 

 respect to climate, 1 199. 



Practical meteorology, 1159. 



Predicting weather, rules for, 1176. 



Pressure of the atmosphere, 1123. 



Productions, natural, limits of, 1191. 



Psychrometer, the, 1146. 



RADIATION and absorption, gaseous, 



1191. 

 Radiation, solar, Glaisher's observations 



on, 1184. 

 Radiation, solar, to find amount of the, 



1169. 

 Radiation, terrestrial, to find amount of 



the, 1169. 



Rain-angle, the, 1164. 

 Rainbow, nature and cause of the, 1119. 

 Rain, cause and annual fall of, 1142. 

 Rain, distribution of, 1143. 

 Rain, to find the mean daily amount of, 



1170. 



Rain, with fall of fish, stones, &c., 1144. 

 Rainfall in Africa, 1194. 

 Rainfall in America (North), 1I9:. 

 Rainfall in America (South), ll'J4. 

 Rainfall in Asia, 1 195. 

 Rainfall in Australia, 1195. 

 Rainfall in Europe, 1143, 1195. 

 Rainfall throughout the world, tables of 



the annual, 1210 1214. 

 Rain-gauges, 1143, 1163. 

 Rainless regions of the earth, 1143. 

 Rains, periodic, 1143. 

 Rain-water, contents of. 1141. 

 Rainy days, number of, in various places, 



1143. 



Recorder, the atmospheric, 1161. 

 Red Sea, currents of the, 1157. 

 Reduction of barometric readings, 1166. 

 Reduction of hygrometric observations, 



1163. 



Reduction of mean temperature, 1 167. 

 Reduction of thermometric readings. 



1167. 



Reduction tables, hygrometric, 1165. 

 Refraction, atmospheric, 1147. 

 Registration of weather, charts for the, 



1189. 

 Reptilia, their distribution in respect to 



climate, 1200. 

 Russia, climate of, 1193. 



SCROFULA and climate, 1 206. 



Shooting-stars, 1153, 1184. 



Simoom, the, 1136. 



Sirocco, the, 1137. 



Snow, causes, crystals, &c., of, 1144. 



Snow, coloured, 1145. 



Snow-gauges, 1171. 



Snow-level or line, 1 192. 



Snow-line, altitude in various places of 



the, 1192. 



Snow-line, elevation of the, 1144, 1192. 

 Snow-line, tables of, for various place*, 



1193. 



Snow, times and places of its fall, 1144. 

 Solano, the, 1137. 

 Solar eclipses, 1 165. 

 Solar heat, absorption of, 1191. 

 Solar radiation at different levels, 1192. 

 Solar radiation, Glaisher's observations on, 



1184. 



