Comptes rendus of observation and reasoning / by J.Y. Buchanan.

Author/creator Buchanan, J. Y.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge [Eng.] : University press, 1917.
Descriptionxl, 452 pages : including illustrations, tables, diagrams xiv plate (including frontispiece: portrait) ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Recent Antarctic exploration.--Chemical and physical notes.--On ice and brines.--On steam and brines.--The size of the ice-grain in glaciers.--Ice and its natural history.--Beobachtungen uber die einwirkung der strahlung auf das gletschereis.--In and around the Morteratsch glacier: a study in the natural history of ice.--On the use of the globe in the study of crystallography.--On a solar calorimeter used in Egypt at the total solar eclipse in 1882.--Solar radiation.--The total solar eclipse of August 30, 1905.--Eclipse predictions.--The solar eclipe of April 17, 1912.--The publication of scientific papers.--The Royal society.--Nomenclature and notation in calorimetry.--Thermometric scales for meteorological use.--The metrical system.--The power of Great Britain.--And the House of commons?--Lord Milner and imperial scholarships.--History in handy volumes.
General noteReprinted from various sources.
LCCN 17018064