722 ALPHABETICAL INDEX. 



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Bessel, Plantamour's Hypsometric Tables . . . . .4 



Bolivian Feet into English Feet . . . . ... .4! 



" Varas into Metres . . . . . . . .4! 



Bombay, Hourly corrections Periodic Var. Temperature . . . 599, 6' 



Boothia Felix, Hourly corrections Periodic Var. Temperature . . .5! 



Bossekop, Hourly corrections Periodic Yar. Temperature . . .6 



Brussels, Hourly corrections Periodic Var. Temperature . . . . 621, 6 



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Calcutta, Hourly corrections Periodic Var. Temperature . . . . 6 



Cape of Good Hope, Hourly corrections Periodic Var. Temperature . . 6 



Capillary action, correction for English Barometers . . .3 



u " " " Metrical Barometers . . . .3 



" " depression of barometric column, Baily . . .3 



" " " " " Delcros . . .3 



" " " " " Gehler . . .3 



" " " " " Pouillet . . .2 



Carlsruhe, Monthly corrections Non-periodic Var. Temperature . . 6 



Castilian Varas into Metres . .' . . . . 4 



Catharinenburg, Hourly corrections Periodic Var. Temperature . 636, C 

 Centigrade degrees expressed in equal number of degrees of Fahrenheit 

 " " " " " Eeaumur . 



" Scale compared with Reaumur's and Fahrenheit's, full degrees from 



+ 100 to +60 

 " " converted into Fahrenheit, tenths of degrees from -j-50 to 



- 54, and from + 100 to -f 89 . 



" " " " Eeaumur, tenths of degrees from -[- 40 to 40 



Centimetres (rain measure) from English Inches . . . . . I 



" " " " French Inches and Lines . . . i 



" " " into English Inches . . . . . i 



" " " " French Inches and Lines . . . ' 



Christiania, Hourly corrections Periodic Var. Temperature . . . ( 



Comparison of Barometrical differences ..... 257-: 



" " different Barometric Scales . . . 215-^ 



" " measures of length used in measuring altitudes . . 449, \ 



" " most important measures of Geographical Distances . 501-1 



" " " " " Geographical Surfaces . 533-^ 

 " " " " " Length 



" " " " " Surface . . . , ; *l 



" " Quantities of Rain-water, different measures . . 200-i 

 " " Standards of Length of England, France, Belgium, Prussia, 

 " " Russia, India, and Australia ..... 



Constants of Greenwich observations, Hygrometric Tables based on them 137-: 



" " Laplace, Hypsometrical Tables based on them . . 349- 



" " Regnault, Hygrometric Tables based on them . 46- 



Copenhagen, Monthly corrections Non-periodic Var. Temperature . . ( 



Correction of Barometrical observations for capillary action . . 337-! 



Correction, Horary, coefficients by Berghaus . . . . . ' 



u " old French Measures . . . . . . ' 



" hypsometric, for curvature and refraction 



