Front matter
Reading edition
THE TWO OCEANS. (1) Aërial Ocean. (2) Greatest height attained by Messrs. Glaisher and Coxwell, being 36,960 feet, or seven miles above the sea level. (3) Aërial Alps, or stratum of clouds 15,000 feet in depth. (4) Highest bird-region.
Weather Warnings FOR Watchers
BY THE “CLERK”
HIMSELF.
WITH CONCISE TABLES FOR CALCULATING HEIGHTS
“The actuating force of every wind that blows; of every mighty current
that streams through ocean depths; the motive cause of every particle
of vapour in the air, of every mist and cloud and raindrop, is
Solar Radiation.”—George Warington.
LONDON
HOULSTON AND SONS
PATERNOSTER SQUARE, E.C.
1877
[The right of translation is reserved. Entered at Stationers’ Hall.]