Of the conclusion arrived at by a committee of the Academy of Sciences of France, agreeably to which, tornados are caused by heat; while, agreeably to Peltier's report to the same body, certain insurers had been obliged to pay for a tornado as an electrical storm. Also, abstracts from Peltier's report. Moreover, quotations... with objections to the opinions of Peltier and Espy
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Title: Of the conclusion arrived at by a committee of the Academy of Sciences of France, agreeably to which, tornados are caused by heat; while, agreeably to Peltier's report to the same body, certain insurers had been obliged to pay for a tornado as an electrical storm. Also, abstracts from Peltier's report. Moreover, quotations... with objections to the opinions of Peltier and Espy
Classmark: Leeds Phil. and Lit. H/GLA
Creator(s): Hare, Robert
Additional creator(s): Peltier, Jean-Charles-Athanase (Other); Espy, James Pollard (Other)
Related people: Peltier, Jean-Charles-Athanase; Espy, James Pollard
Publisher: R.W. Barnard & sons
Publication city: Philadelphia
Date(s): 1852
Language: English
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/266314
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991017398299705181
Collection group(s): Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
Additional description
Bound with 19 other publications in a volume lettered Meterological Tracts I . Volume contents: 1. Glaisher, J.: Hygrometrical tables, containing ..., 1847. -- 2. Drach, S.M.: Deductions from Mr Glaisher's Meteorological corrections , [1851]. -- 3. Glaisher, J.: On the meteorology of Scotland ..., [1858?]. -- 4. Glaisher, J.: On the determination of the mean temperature ..., 1858. -- 5. Glaisher, J.: On the meteorological and physical effects ..., [1858?]. -- 6. Hennessy, H.: Note on the laws which regulate the distribution ..., [18--]. -- 7. Dent, E.J.: A treatise on the aneroid ..., 1850. -- 8. Hare, R.: Of the conclusion arrived at by a committee ..., 1852. -- 9. Welsh, J.: Report of the general process adopted ..., [1853?]. -- 10. Barker, T.H.: On the relative value of the ozonometers ..., 1856. -- 11. Report of the Council of the British Meteorological Society, 1856. -- 12. Eaton, H.S.: On some of the atmospheric conditions ..., [1857?]. -- 13. Hopkins, T.: Outlines of an
hypothesis ..., 1852. -- 14. Hopkins, T.: On improvement in meteorological registration, [1858?]. -- 15. Stark, J.: On the temperature of the sea ..., 1859. -- 16-18. British rainfall, 1862-4. -- 19. Symons, G.J.: On the fall of rain ..., 1863. -- 20. Herschel, A.S.:The November meteors, 1866, [1867?].
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