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- Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...o a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the ...
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
122: * [[1643]]: [[Barometer]]: [[Evangelista Torricelli]]
133: * [[1714]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
145: ...]: [[Submarine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]] - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
10: ...rology'' goes back to the book ''Meteorologica'' (dating from about [[340 BC]]) by [[Aristotle]], who ...
12: ..., followed by [[Torricelli]]'s invention of the [[barometer]] in [[1643]]. The dependence of [[atmospheric pr...
14: ... the first Americans to forecast the weather on a daily basis.
20: ...teorology)|front]]s, that is, sharply defined boundaries between air masses.
40: ...a sufficient amount of [[Metadata (computing)|metadata]] attached and can then be conveniently retriev... - Anemometer (11426 bytes)
7: ...of a wind vane; on the other hand it is not well adapted to leaving a record on paper of the actual ve...
13: ...d while the ordinary pressure plate is admirably adapted for measuring the force of a steady and unifo...
27: ... on a high mountain, or with an exceptionally low barometer for example, an allowance must be made. Approxima...
29: ... turbine (windmill) can be logged together in a [[data logger]]. - Atmospheric pressure (6841 bytes)
1: [[Image:dr-ap.jpg|thumb|diurnal (daily) rhythm of air pressure in northern Germany (b...
2: ...here]] caused by the [[weight]] of [[air]]. ''Standard atmospheric pressure'' (''atm'') is discussed i...
9: == Standard atmospheric pressure==
10: ''Standard atmospheric pressure'' or "the ''standard atmosphere''" (1 ''[[Atmosphere (unit)|atm]]'')...
11: This "standard pressure" is a purely arbitrary representative ... - Pressure (9004 bytes)
1: ...he same finger pushing a [[thumbtack]] can easily damage the wall, even though the force applied is th...
49: ...[mercury (element)|mercury]] (as in the mercury [[barometer]]). Some [[meteorologist]]s prefer the hectopasca...
51: ... When millimetres or inches of mercury are used today, they have precise definitions which can be expr...
53: The [[standard atmosphere]] (atm) is an established constant. ...
54: :standard atmosphere = 101 325 [[pascal|Pa]] = 101.325 kP... - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
2: ...Frederick Albert Cook''' ([[June 10]], [[1865]] – [[August 5]] [[1940]]) was an [[United States|...
7: ...]]. His parents were Dr. Theodore A. Koch and Magdalena Koch (''nee'' Long), recent [[Germany|German]...
9: ...rthday he married Marie Fidele Hunt; they had one daughter, Helene. In 1923 they were [[divorce]]d.
24: ...gs for points attained, his compass bearings, his barometer readings, his route-map's accuracy, even his camp...
37: ...shook told them that they had traveled only a few days journey from land. A map allegedly drawn by Ah... - Weather forecasting (4312 bytes)
5: ... data and tools for coordinating and interpreting data.
7: ...d socks]] and [[Weather vane|vanes]], [[Doppler radar]] and [[satellite]] imagery (such as the [[GOES|...
9: * '''Tools for coordinating and interpreting data''' include [[weather map]]s and [[Computer simu...
12: ...al weather-forecasting system, recently collected data are fed into
15: ...dict how the weather may change over the next few days. - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
11: ...ticism]] and [[magic (paranormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their endeavours and beliefs have...
17: ...latanism, and in the end providing some of the fundamental [[empirical knowledge]] of the fields of ch...
23: ...ans of [[electrolysis]] or [[sonic cavitation]] — were the pivot of the [[cold fusion]] controve...
25: ...ks such as ''[[The Tao of Physics]]'' and ''[[The Dancing Wu Li Masters]]''.
27: ... As the obscure — ''hermetic'', of course — language of the alchemists is gradually being ... - Mercury (element) (24761 bytes)
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5: ...align="center" | [[gold]] – '''mercury''' – [[thallium]]
11: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
51: | [[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]])
111: ! [[natural abundance|NA]] - Tree frog (1831 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]] }}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Hylidae'''}}
13: ...e, more elegant in form than the true frogs [[Ranidae]], of brighter colors, and more active habits. ...
15: ... are sometimes kept in confinement as a kind of [[barometer]].
19: ...oad''' is a popular name for several of the ''Hylidae''. Used without a qualifying epithet, it is equ... - Tree Frogs (1882 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]] }}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Hylidae'''}}
13: ...e, more elegant in form than the true frogs [[Ranidae]], of brighter colors, and more active habits. ...
15: ... are sometimes kept in confinement as a kind of [[barometer]].
19: ...oad''' is a popular name for several of the ''Hylidae''. Used without a qualifying epithet, it is equ... - Wind (17871 bytes)
4: Given a difference in [[barometer|barometric]] [[pressure]] between two air masses,...
12: ===Prevailing winds — the general circulation of the atmosphere===
18: ...nt of the wind is much larger than the vertical — the exception being violent [[convection]].
32: [[image:refineryrow.jpg|thumb|The Edmonton, Canada tornado of 1987 is evidence that powerful tornado...
44: ...ront|fronts]], and are part of what makes up everyday weather. These include the [[geostrophic wind]],...
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