Abstract
IN elementary text-books of meteorology it is the custom to begin with a description of the action of common instruments like the barometer and thermometer, and of common facts like the apparent motions of the sun, and to continue the theoretical development as far as elementary mechanics and thermodynamics. Exigencies of space prevent a complete exposition, and it is found necessary to omit explanations at some stages. Unfortunately, authors almost invariably choose the later stages for the omissions; there they give merely the bald statement of facts, with little or no explanation. It would seem desirable to omit certain introductory matters which can be found in all elementary text-books on physiography or physics, and to reserve the space for a fuller treatment of the special problems of the atmosphere. In the book before us, the author describes in detail the apparent motions of the sun, but assumes that his readers understand the term “latent heat,” and gives no explanation of the effect of change of pressure on moist air.
Weather Science: an Elementary Introduction to Meteorology.
By F. W. Henkel. Pp. 335. (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911.) Price 6s. net.
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C., R. Weather Science: an Elementary Introduction to Meteorology . Nature 88, 102–103 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/088102a0
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