Meteorology; or Weather Explained
J. G. M'Pherson
35 chapters · 3 h 36 min · English
Read by Pamela Krantz, MaryAnn, Jason Mills, April Gonzales, Patti Cunningham, Amy Gramour and others
Earth Sciences
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Weather Explained: Fog, clouds, rain, haze, thunder, cyclones, dew point and how to count dust motes are just a few of the 35 topics covered in short, easy to read and understand chapters in this book published in 1905. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)
Chapters
1 Introduction 8 min 2 The Formation of Dew 7 min 3 True and False Dew 5 min 4 Hoar-Frost 6 min 5 Fog 5 min 6 The Numbering of the Dust 5 min 7 Dust and Atmospheric Phenomena 4 min 8 A Fog-Counter 5 min 9 Formation of Clouds 6 min 10 Decay of Clouds 5 min 11 It Always Rains 6 min 12 Haze 7 min 13 Hazing Effects of Atmospheric Dust 5 min 14 Thunder Clears the Air 6 min 15 Disease Germs in the Air 5 min 16 A Change of Air 5 min 17 The Old Moon in the New Moon's Arms 7 min 18 An Autumn Afterglow 7 min 19 A Winter Foreglow 5 min 20 The Rainbow 6 min 21 The Aurora Borealis 7 min 22 The Blue Sky 6 min 23 A Sanitary Detective 5 min 24 Fog and Smoke 5 min 25 Electrical Deposition of Smoke 5 min 26 Radiation from Snow 5 min 27 Mountain Giants 6 min 28 The Wind 7 min 29 Cyclones and Anti-Cyclones 7 min 30 Rain Phenomena 7 min 31 The Meteorology of Ben Nevis 9 min 32 The Weather and Influenza 6 min 33 Climate 8 min 34 The "Challenger" Weather Reports 5 min 35 Weather-Forecasting 13 min
