Barometers (Shire Library)
by McConnell, Anita
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0747802408
- ISBN 13
- 9780747802402
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Shire, 2008 8vo (21 cm), 32 pp. Printed wrappers. "Many people consult a barometer before going out, to see what the weather is likely to be. Barometers measure the general pressure of the atmosphere, which changes with the weather: falling pressure generally heralds rain; rising pressure predicts fine weather. The simple mercury barometer originated in seventeenth century Italy and was soon copied in France and Britain. In the nineteenth century demand increased for domestic and scientific barometers. They were needed for weather forecasting, and surveyors carried them to measure height above sea level. Since 1850, mercury barometers have been gradually ousted by aneroids, which are smaller and more robust but nowadays equally accurate." (from the blurb)
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007362
- Title
- Barometers (Shire Library)
- Author
- McConnell, Anita
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0747802408
- ISBN 13
- 9780747802402
- Publisher
- Shire
- Place of Publication
- Uk
- Date Published
- 2008
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scientific instruments;
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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