Author : Royal Agricultural Society of England
Release : 2018-02-08
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1865, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by : Royal Agricultural Society of England

Download or read book The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1865, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Royal Agricultural Society of England. This book was released on 2018-02-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1865, Vol. 1 For a period of 39 days preceding the close of the last quarter there was an average daily deficiency of 259 of temperature, and the present quarter opened with a continuation of the same weather, with somewhat increased intensity; the deficiency of temperature to the middle of July being as large as 3 daily on the average. On the 17th July a warm period set in and continued for 25 days, and the daily temperature was in excess to this was succeeded by 20 days of very cold weather, viz., from 9th August to 28th August, whose average daily temperature was 4 in defect; and it is remarkable that this deficiency of temperature fell on the nights only, the days were of their average warmth but the nights were very cold, causing the extremes of temperature to range from great heat by day to almost frost at night, and quite to frost on vegeta tion. A period of 12 days followed of warmth, the average daily temperature being 2a2 in excess; then the 10 days from September loth to 2oth, the temperature of the air was daily 2 below the average value, and the last 10 days of the quarter were in excess to 1? Daily. The mean high day temperatures in the months of July, August, and September were and being above in July, and of the same values as the average in August and Sep tember. The mean low night temperatures in the months of July, August, and September were 5l2, and being below in July, below in August, and O 3 above in September. The mean temperatures of the dew-point were and below their respective average. That in August was The lowest before recorded was on two or three occasions. The fall of rain was in defect in July and August, and slightly in excess in September. It was 03 in. In July, being 24 in. In defect; 14 in. In August, being 10 in. Deficient; and 2-8 in. In September, being 04 in. In excess. The mean temperature of the air at Greenwich in the three months ending August, constituting the three summer months, was being below the average of the preceding 93 years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.