| 1850 - 604 Seiten
...85), that it would be premature, from the limited data already obtained, to draw any decided inference as to the gradation in the quantity of rain, at these...it reaches a maximum, and that above this elevation it rapidly decreases. The observations made during the summer of 1846, and the year 1847, during every... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1847 - 606 Seiten
...twelve, most of which are read off daily. It would appear from the average results since April last, that the amount of rain increases from the valley upwards, to an altitude of about 2000 feet, and gradually decreases above that elevation ; thus the gauge at Sparkling Tarn (1900 feet)... | |
| Samuel Collett Homersham - 1848 - 132 Seiten
...Cumberland," by JF Miller, Esq., of Whitehaven, in which paper the following remark occurred, — " It would be premature, from the scanty data before...the quantity rapidly decreases. The table for 1846 exhibits the rain fall of the summer months only; but the additional returns of 1847, obtained in every... | |
| 1850 - 600 Seiten
...85), that it would be premature, from the limited data already obtained, to draw any decided inference as to the gradation in the quantity of rain, at these...it reaches a maximum, and that above this elevation it rapidly decreases. The observations made during the summer of 1846, and the year 1847, during every... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1851 - 628 Seiten
...confirm the correctness of the conclusion drawn from them in his former paper, " that the quantity of rain increases from the valley upwards to an altitude of about 2000 feet, above which it begins to diminish." He does not, however, by any means infer that the law... | |
| Thomas Hopkins - 1854 - 428 Seiten
...increase up to a certain height, and decrease above that height. He says — " It seems probable 244 that in mountainous districts the amount of rain increases...it reaches a maximum, and that above this elevation it rapidly decreases." Now, although the facts thus given are important in themselves, and afford a... | |
| Henry Lonsdale - 1875 - 348 Seiten
...with those of the two previous years, confirming his previously-expressed opinion, " that the quantity of rain increases from the valley upwards to an altitude of about 2000 feet, above which it begins to diminish." Thus, in thirteen months— Inches. The Valley, 160... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1847 - 718 Seiten
...twelve, most of which are read off daily. It would appear from the average results since April last, that the amount of rain increases from the valley upwards, to an altitude of about 2000 feet, and gradually decreases above that elevation ; thus the gauge at Sparkling Tarn (1900 feet)... | |
| 1849 - 588 Seiten
...confirm the correctness of the conclusion drawn from them in his former paper, " that the quantity of rain increases from the valley upwards to an altitude of about 2000 feet, above which it begins to diminish." He does not, however, by any means infer that the law... | |
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