Weather and Weather Instruments for the Amateur; Third and Revised Edition; Comprising Practical Hints for Amateur Weather Forecasters: The Barometer as the Footrule of the Air; The Thermometer and Its Family Tree; Humidity--Its Effect on Our Health and Comfort; The Mountains of Cloudland and Rainfall; The Compass--the Sign-Post of the World

Jameson, P. R.

Published by Taylor Instrument Companies, Rochester, NY, 1923

About this Item

Third Edition, Revised. Original publisher's dark brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Gilt lettering on spine is faded. 5 1/2" x 8." 139 pages, complete. Several small black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall but have light age toning, darkening on edges of text block, several small stains and smudges on interior pages, possible repair on front inner hinge, partially torn Max Kuner Co. Nautical Instruments sticker tipped in on front pastedown, and Max Kuner Co. purple ink stamp in lower-right corner of title page. Covers are very clean and intact except for light to moderate rubbing (most noticeable on spine), fading to gilt lettering on spine, and slight wear to extremities. A Good copy. This is an informative and instructive book by P. R. Jameson about weather instruments that is intended for general readers. Jameson discusses each subject in a brief section of text. Among the subjects discussed are the aneroid barometer, how to read a barometer, the Stormograph, sea level, how to set barometers, mercurial barometers, effect of temperature on weather, winds, effect of weather changes on altitude scale, conversion of thermometer scales, making glass thermometer tubing, recommendations for reading temperatures on a thermometer, types of thermometers, hygroscopes and hygrometers, hygrometrical tables, relative humidity tables, proper care of hygrometers, cloud formation, types of clouds, speeds of clouds, weather lore (sayings), rain gauges, compasses, cardinal points, magnetism, magnetic poles, and compass needles.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Weather and Weather Instruments for the Amateur; Third and Revised Edition; Comprising Practical Hints for Amateur Weather Forecasters: The Barometer as the Footrule of the Air; The Thermometer and Its Family Tree; Humidity--Its Effect on Our Health and Comfort; The Mountains of Cloudland and Rainfall; The Compass--the Sign-Post of the World
• Publisher: Taylor Instrument Companies, Rochester, NY
• Publication Date: 1923
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition, Revised
• Condition: Good
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