
Outlines of a mechanical theory of storms
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Chapters (327)
- OUTLINES OF A MECHANICAL THEORY OF STORMS,
- CONTENTS.
- PREFACE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- MECHANICAL THEORY OF STORMS.
- SECTION FIRST.
- PRESENT STATE OF METEOROLOGY.
- ORIGINAL CONDITION OF THE EARTH.
- GREAT OBJECT OF LA PLACE.
- BESSEL’S OPINION.
- A VACUUM REQUIRED BY MODERN SYSTEMS.
- DIFFICULTIES OF THIS VIEW.
- ETHER IMPONDERABLE.
- ELECTRIC FLUID THE MEDIUM OF SPACE.
- NEWTONIAN GRAVITY.
- GRAVITY MECHANICAL.
- GREAT PRINCIPLE OF DYNAMICS.
- SPECIFIC HEAT.
- LAW OF SPECIFIC HEAT.
- THE GOLDEN MEAN.
- OUTLINES OF THE PROBLEM.
- MOTIONS OF THE STARS.
- VORTICOSE MOTION.
- FORMATION OF VORTICES.
- TEST OF A THEORY.
- ENUNCIATION OF THE THEORY.
- MASS OF THE MOON.
- ATMOSPHERIC CURRENTS.
- HUTTON’S THEORY.
- GREAT SPECIFIC HEAT OF THE ETHER.
- PROCESS OF DERANGEMENT.
- INFLUENCE OF DIMINISHED PRESSURE.
- ACTION OF THE POLAR CURRENT.
- LIMITS OF THE VORTEX.
- ROUTINE OF A STORM.
- CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO PRODUCE A STORM.
- LATERAL VORTICES.
- ILLUSTRATION OF THEIR ACTION.
- ORDER OF OCCURRENCE.
- REDFIELD’S THEORY OF STORMS.
- WHIRLWINDS VERY LIMITED IN DIAMETER.
- OBJECTION TO CIRCULAR STORMS.
- INDICATIONS OF A STORM.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SECTION SECOND.
- MECHANICAL ACTION OF THE MOON.
- MOTION OF THE AXIS OF THE VORTEX.
- INCLINATION OF THE AXIS.
- POSITION OF THE AXIS OF THE VORTEX.
- DISPLACEMENT OF THE AXIS.
- CENTRAL VORTEX ASCENDING.
- CORRECTION FOR PROTUBERANCE.
- MILWAUKIE STORM, JULY 2.
- NEW YORK STORM.
- CENTRAL VORTEX DESCENDING.
- OTTOWA STORM, DECEMBER 22, 1852.
- MAGNETIC STORM, DECEMBER 23, 1852.
- LIVERPOOL STORM.
- PASSAGES OF ALL THE VORTICES.
- NEW YORK STORM, JULY 8, 1853.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SECTION THIRD.
- OBJECTIONS TO LUNAR INFLUENCE.
- MODIFYING CAUSES.
- TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM.
- MAGNETIC VARIATIONS.
- MAGNETIC STORMS.
- AURORA BOREALIS.
- EARTHQUAKES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SECTION FOURTH.
- THE SOLAR SPOTS.
- MASSES OF THE SUN AND PLANETS.
- LAW OF DENSITY IN SOLAR VORTEX.
- BODES’ LAW OF PLANETARY DISTANCES.
- PERTURBATIONS DUE TO THE ETHER.
- KEPLER’S THIRD LAW ONLY APPROXIMATELY TRUE.
- LIGHT AND HEAT.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SECTION FIFTH.
- COMETARY PHENOMENA.
- THE ZODIAL LIGHT.
- SHOOTING STARS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SECTION SIXTH.
- THE POLAR ICE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CONCLUSION.
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX.
- FOOTNOTES:
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