On A New Meteorological Instrument Classic Reprint

Excerpt from On a New Meteorological Instrument It is hardly too much to assert that, at the present day, after years of laborious research, the meteorologists furnish no data from which it is possible to deduce the subjective character of any given climate, or its effect upon the human body. We might go farther and say - of life upon the face of the earth. This is certainly true if we seek for a numerical expression which shall make possible the comparison of the climate Of one place with that Of another; or of the same place at different times of year; or the climate of indoors with that of the open air; for we cannot grasp in a single expression the several meteorological elements affecting us, referred as each is to a totally different unit of measurement. Considerations like the foregoing have caused me to attempt the construction of an instrument which would fur nish the information sought, or such an approximation towards it, as would add definitely to our knowledge, and lay a foundation for future developments in this direction. 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.