Meteorological observations and essays / By John Dalton.

  • John Dalton
Date:
1834
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    BOOKS, PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS WORK. SOLD BY BALDWIN AND CRADOCK, LONDON. ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR: or, a new Sys- tem of Grammatical Instruction, for the use of Schools and Academies. 2s. 6d. 12mo. 1801. A NEW SYSTEM OF CHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY. Volet) Bartel oss. Svo.. Love: Part IC 1l0se6desvoee 1810; Voli Lip Parts) LOs 260 svowr slo2r ESSAYS, BY THE SAME, Published in the Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society, Manchester. Vou. 5. Parr 1.—Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours. Part 2.—Experiments and observations to determine whether the quantity of rain and dew is equal to the quantity of water carried off by the rivers, and raised by evaporation ; with an in- quiry into the origin of springs. Experiments and observations on the power of fluids to con- duct heat, with reference to Count Rumford’s seventh essay on the same subject. Experiments and observations on the heat and cold produced by the mechanical condensation and rarefaction of air. Experimental essays on the constitution of mixed gases ; on the force of steam or vapour from water and other liquids, in different temperatures, both in a Torricellian vacuum, and in air ; on evaporation ; and on the expansion of gases by heat. Meteorological observations made at Manchester, from 1793 to 1801.