10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROSOMETER»
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drosometer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the ...
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William Thomas Brande, 1842
2
The world of wonders: a record of things wonderful in ...
DROSOMETER. Perhaps you may think the following sufficiently remarkable to
merit a place in your supplemental number. The dew is measured by means of a
circular tin plate, called a "drosometer," or dew-measurer, which is about 9J ...
3
Treatises on Various Subjects of Natural and Chemical Philosophy
DROSOMETER.* — An instrument so called was proposed by Weidler, a German
professor, in 1727, to measure the quantity of dew which gathers on the surface
of a body which has been^ exposed to the open air during the night. It consisted ...
Sir John Leslie, Macvey Napier, 1838
4
Climate and Agriculture: An Ecological Survey
The instrument used to measure the amount of dew formed on a given surface is
known as a drosometer. The early designs of drosometers were mostly of the
weighing type: Aitken (1885) measured dewfall on a natural surface, and
Lehmann ...
The daily evaporation from the ground is to be measured by the the quantity of
rain which falls is to be registered by the ombrometer, or rain-gauge (q. v.) ; the
amount of dew deposited should be observed (see Drosometer), and the
direction, ...
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1831
6
Australian Forestry Journal
A drosometer was then constructed consisting essentially of a light screen, the
bottom of which was covered with a waterproof material on which a bundle of
blades of grass are placed. Weighed morning and evening this apparatus
showed an ...
New South Wales. Forestry Commission, 1927
7
The Australian Forestry Journal
A drosometer was then constructed consisting essentially of a light screen, the
bottom of which was covered with a waterproof material on which a bundle of
blades of grass are placed. Weighed morning and evening this apparatus
showed an ...
8
What to Observe;: Or, The Traveller's Remembrancer
DROSOMETER. This is an instrument for measuring the quantity of dew. We
recommended for this purpose a metal funnel, of five inches in diameter, sloping
at an angle of 30°, and terminating in a small hole and very short pipe. This
funnel ...
9
Quarterly Journal of Science Literature and the Arts
... observations on the state of science in, 320-324 * Drosometer, notice of, 185,
186 ' 1“" '3 Electricity, distribution of, in the Voltaic pile, 1'71, 172. ' meets? cal
effects, observed duringchemical action,'-169-171.“ 'Sup-f posed ...
S. Skinner* has suggested a Dewar vacuum vessel with a cup-shaped top
exposed to the sky as an instrument for collecting dew with the name Drosometer
; that might perhaps be effective as an integrator of terrestrial radiation but it has
not ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROSOMETER»
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drosometer is used in the context of the following news items.
What Does Dew Do?
It's called a drosometer (from the Greek word for dew). But because dew is so fickle, affected by the slightest puff of wind or scratch on the ... «Chippewa Herald, Jun 15»
Bee's top spellers have a way with words
After numerous rounds, with just the two of them left, Zoe misspelled “drosometer,” which was then given to Michael. He spelled the word right ... «Buffalo News, Mar 15»
