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Table of Corrections, for Capillary Depression of the Mercury in Boiled and in Unboiled Barometer-Tubes6
Tables for Deducing Heights by means of the Barometer:—
No. 1. Approximate Height due to Barometric Pressure42
No. 2. Correction for Mean Temperature of Air44
No. 3. Correction due to Latitude44
No. 4. Correction due to Approximate Elevation45
Tables for Determining the Temperature of the Vapour of Boiling Water at any Place:—
No. 5. Factor due to Latitude62
No. 6. Temperature and Tension62
Table of Temperature of the Soil69
Table of Difference of Elevation corresponding to a fall of 1° in the Boiling-point of Water98
Table showing Proportion of Salt for various Boiling Temperatures of Sea-Water100
Table for finding the Degree of Humidity from Observations with Mason’s Hygrometer108
Table showing Amount and Duration of Rain at London, in 1862112
Table of Average British Rainfall in Westerly, Central, and Easterly districts114
Table showing Force of Wind, for use with Lind’s Wind-Gauge118
Tables for Correcting Observations made with—
Brass Hydrometers142
Glass Hydrometers143