| 单词 | aneroid |
| 例句 | Figure 11.18 This aneroid gauge utilizes flexible bellows connected to a mechanical indicator to measure pressure. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z In front of me there’s a little aneroid barometer, a present from my son Tom, which also tells me the temperature and the humidity. Philip Pullman: ‘I use coloured pencils to show which key I’m writing in – D minor, at the moment’ 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Trekking to a mountain top, he used an aneroid barometer to help him calculate its height. How do you measure a mountain? 2013-11-13T15:15:47Z All the figures given in this chapter are for sea level and if your house is 1900 feet above you must move the copper hand of your aneroid 1.95 inches from the pressure hand. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z They were made by Meyer most ingeniously of a lever balance taken from an aneroid barometer and connected with a three-cornered rule; the weights used were shot from their shot-gun ammunition. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z —The intended signification of this name, "aneroid," can of course be only determined by the person who conferred it; upon any less direct authority the derivation quoted from Mr. Dent's description can scarcely be received. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z It consists in an air chamber hermetically closed by a corrugated metal plate I, similar to that used in the aneroid barometers. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z —What is the derivation of the word aneroid, as applied to a new description of barometer lately introduced? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-15T03:00:31.720Z "The aneroid has gone up; I looked at it." A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z At Mukondoku the altitude, as indicated by two first-rate aneroids, was two thousand, eight hundred feet. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Pines and fir interspersed the scrub to the very reales or utmost heights of Bermeja—4,800 feet by aneroid: and Palmitera, though the snow lies longer there, is of a trifle less altitude. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The altimeter, which is an aneroid barometer, outlines with fair accuracy the height above the ground at which a plane is flying. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z She sat down at the table as if her knees had given way, and her strong white hand fell slackly on Philippa's purchase, the old aneroid barometer, and rested there. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z In this case an observation was taken at the cairn on the top of Scafell, and the aneroid stood at almost exactly the correct figure, which somewhat confirms the figures now given. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z Potain modified the apparatus by using air in the bulb with an aneroid barometer for recording the pressure. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z With regard to altitudes, we here write with some uncertainty, as our aneroid, after being depressed to twenty-one inches, appeared to exhibit some irregularities, and had possibly suffered some internal or constitutional injury. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Tidal observations are commenced; and the aneroid and mercurial barometers are again being compared in order to verify the former. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Oh, there you are," said Philippa's voice behind me; "I wanted to remind you to remember the aneroid. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z An aneroid barometer is also of great assistance, especially in mist, for a knowledge of the altitude often enables a lake or a peak to be identified. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z I had two aneroid barometers, specially marked for very high climbing, thermometers, and all the usual Alpine instruments. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z This instrument, the invention of M. Bourdon, has a great resemblance to the aneroid, but is much simpler in arrangement. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z A small aneroid hung just above his head, lit by a carefully screened electric lamp. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z When we reached a point in the road where it skirts the cliff I stopped the car, and flung the aneroid, like a quoit, over the edge, through the wind and the rain, into oblivion. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z This practice is retained even in the use of the aneroid barometer, which contains no mercurial column. The Mentor: The Weather Serial Number 110; 1 July, 1916 2011-06-09T02:00:19.213Z The pressure at the surface of Mars will therefore be 2·1 lb.; and the aneroid barometer would read 4·3 inches. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z This barometer is very sensitive, and has the advantage of occupying little space, although it has not yet been made so small as the aneroid. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z The aneroid, an extremely delicate instrument, now indicated that the machine was slowly sinking. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z Then again, snow mountains are as inconsistent as cheap aneroids. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z Barograph, a kind of aneroid barometer, which, by means of special mechanism and appliances, is made to furnish automatically a continuous record of the successive changes in atmospheric pressure. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis No stars were shining; a small aneroid indicated rain. Glories of Spain They are not so well adapted for travellers, nor for measurements of considerable elevations, as aneroids. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z Compasses and aneroids and ship's lamps were the superior articles to be sold. Little Miss Joy Got a little doodad out of his pocket; aneroid barometer, or something, he said it was. The Brain The illustration shows an aneroid without its case. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Figure 16.—Richard's registering aneroid barometer, an instrument used at the U.S. The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments The aneroid is an excellent weather glass, if well made. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z This romantic sheet of water stretches in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction a distance of about thirty-five miles, and has an elevation above sea-level, according to my aneroid observations, of four hundred and sixty-two feet. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 That aneroid's dropped a tenth since I tapped it last, an' th' mercurial's like it had no bottom! The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea In the aneroid form of the steam-engine the cylinder is immensely widened and flattened, and the broad circular lid, with its spiral corrugations, takes the place of the piston. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast Our aneroid barometer registered approximately six thousand five hundred feet, when we reached at dusk the summit of the highest range of hills we encountered on the desert journey. Across Asia on a Bicycle One of the objects of Mr. Glaisher’s experiments in balloons was “to compare the readings of an aneroid barometer with those of a mercurial barometer up to five miles.” A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z Muir's aneroid barometer showed a height of about seven thousand feet, and the wall of rock towered threateningly above us, leaning out in places, a thousand feet or so above the glacier. Alaska Days with John Muir For meteorological observations, in addition to the ordinary thermometers, barometers, aneroids, psychrometers, hygrometers, anemometers, etc., etc., self-registering instruments were also taken. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I The familiar aneroid barometer furnishes a hint for another convenient form of small steam-engine. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast On account of their size and weight, and the comparative difficulty of transporting them without derangement of the mercury column, column barometers are not so generally used as the aneroid variety. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use They sometimes have, in addition, a hygrometer, a sympiesometer, an aneroid, a mirror, or a clock, &c., singly or combined. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z At this time I was flying about 1,700 feet altitude by my aneroid, which had been set at Oxford in the morning. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force The principle of the aneroid barometer has been applied to the construction of barographs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The aneroid barometer in my cabin pointed to “set fair” for many a day, and just, too, when we required it most to be fine, that is along the French coast. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" The vacuum chamber of an aneroid barometer extended and compressed. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use In considering the effects of temperature upon the aneroid, they are found to be somewhat complex. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z If the pilot's scientific ambitions went beyond this simple outfit, he carried a watch on his wrist and an aneroid slung round his neck. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force Though aneroids are constructed showing great accuracy in their indications, yet none can lay any claim to the exactness of mercurial barometers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The aneroid barometer, and my watch are seen suspended alongside. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" Two aneroid barometers were also carried, which were specially made for me—one registering heights to 20,000 feet, the other to 25,000 feet. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Watch Aneroid.—Subsequently the aneroid has been further reduced in size and it can now be had from an inch and a quarter to six inches in diameter. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z Gaining his diminutive cabin, Schwalbe by sheer force of habit consulted the aneroid. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War The word aneroid, I admit, has puzzled better scholars than the critic: but never one who knows the unscholarlike way in which words ending in ειδης have been rendered. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II We’re up seventy-six hundred and forty feet now by the aneroid. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri The elevation of this camp, according to my aneroids, was 18,000 feet. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Thus, supposing the aneroid to read at the Lower Station 30·385 inches. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z He has always had his opinion about mountain climbers who put an aneroid in their pocket and go to the top of a great, new peak and come down confidently announcing its height. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America The aneroid barometer does not use a column of air in the same way as the old instrument. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II This is the mercurial barometer; another, the aneroid barometer, invented by Monsr. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The compasses and aneroids, which they could not distinguish from watches, were soon thrown aside, as "they had no life in them." An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet The aneroid will not answer for exact scientific purposes, as it cannot be relied upon for a length of time. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z The mercurial barometer reading by verniers to three places of decimals was set up and read, and the two aneroids were adjusted to read with it. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America One more absurdity, and we have aneroid, and there you are. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II The balloon slowly rose till the aneroid marked a height of fifteen hundred feet. Faces and Places Our scientist left there a fine aneroid barometer, which a second hot walk failed to recover. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science A thermometer is sometimes attached to the aneroid, as it is convenient for indicating the temperature of the air. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z So they were just aneroids: aluminum cases, jewelled movements, army-officer patented improvements, Kew certificates, import duty, and all—just aneroids, and one was as bad as the other. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America One was that of an aneroid which indicated the height. The World Peril of 1910 Amongst a miscellaneous and imposing collection of scientific instruments, he was the pleased possessor of an aneroid. Faces and Places It tells me when rain is coming as sure as an aneroid. The Man Who Lost Himself The exact size and appearance of this aneroid are shown in fig. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z The rough approximation by the author’s aneroid in the journey from the Tanana to the Kuskokwim would indicate a still lower level—would make this wide plain little more than one thousand feet high. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America The gas in the box, changing it bulk on a change of temperature, was intended to compensate for the effect on the metals of which the aneroid is made. Barometer and Weather Guide Another fitful slumber, broken by a strong presentiment that the demoniacal aneroid is being again produced. Faces and Places It took us half a day to get our load to the top of the Twelve-Mile summit, a rise of about one thousand three hundred feet from the creek bed as the aneroid gave it. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska The graduations of the aneroid scale are obtained by comparisons with the correct standard reading of a mercurial barometer, under the normal and reduced atmospheric pressure. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z I think that a rough altitude gauge could be calculated from the time rice takes to boil—at least as reliable as an aneroid barometer. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America Indeed, the balance of the balloon is so extremely fine that when a single handful of these little tissue circulars was thrown out, increased ascent was shown on the dial of our aneroid barometer! The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier He learns much of triangulation and of aneroid computations. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 The aneroid showed the altitude about seven hundred feet above Bettles, and I regretted very much I had not brought the thermometer as well, for its reading would have been most interesting. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska On the Chai Pass the two aneroids I had on me registered an altitude of 11,190 feet. In the Forbidden Land Pity that I had no aneroid barometer for ascertaining the elevation of that site. Byeways in Palestine We saw Donaldson pull the safety valve wide open, draw his sheath knife ready to cut the drag rope, standing rigid, with his eyes riveted upon the aneroid barometer. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier To compare the readings of an aneroid barometer with those of a mercurial barometer, up to five miles. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages My aneroid barometer indicated an elevation of eighty-two hundred feet, showing that we had climbed twenty-seven hundred feet since morning. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country He dived into the little cabin or shelter aft, and took a long look at the aneroid, to find that it still manifested a downward tendency. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Pity that we had no aneroid barometer with us to ascertain the amount of our elevation above the sea. Byeways in Palestine Our aneroids indicated 10,000 feet above sea-level, and we could look down upon the vast canyoned desert to the south as on a map. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 "You'll find afterwards that the Astronef doesn't take any account of high or low or up or down," he replied, looking at the dial of an aneroid barometer by the side of him. A Honeymoon in Space On my return wet through I had another proof of the excellence of my faithful aneroid. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 When the aneroid told Tinker that the car had reached the height of 3000 feet, he opened a valve, and let the gas escape slowly from the balloon. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Such slight variations are more easily observed on the aneroid than on the mercurial barometer, and therefore it is commonly stated that the aneroid is the more sensitive instrument. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures We had aneroid barometers for work away from the river and these were constantly compared with and adjusted to the mercurials. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 My aneroid showed the height of the crest to be 260 feet above sea-level, and about 160 above the valley. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative The aneroids gave us a rise of about 500 feet a day. South with Scott The aneroid barometers are frequently made no larger than a watch and can be carried conveniently in the pocket, but they get out of order easily and must be frequently readjusted. General Science It should be understood that the aneroid barometer is not an independent instrument; it is merely a device for representing the movements of the mercurial barometer. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures There was a storm brewing, a wicked one, reckoned by the headlong drop of the aneroid. Poor Man's Rock An excellent aneroid barometer, taken safe and sound out of its wadded box, was carefully hung on a hook in the wall. All Around the Moon The balloon slowly rose till the aneroid marked a height of 1,500 feet and still the current drove it steadily north-west. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V The aneroid barometer is an air-tight box whose top is made of a thin metallic disk which bends inward or outward according to the pressure of the atmosphere. General Science His house is full of scientific instruments—a really good camera, a fine aneroid barometer, several thermometers, including self-registering maximum and minimum, etc., etc. In Indian Mexico (1908) I thought of the aneroid, and felt that the good God had confided his knowledge to one of his servants. Among the Forces The aneroid indicated a height of 8000 feet, and it was clear from the greater steadiness of the machine that it had risen out of the stratum of air affected by the storm. Round the World in Seven Days The balloon swiftly rose, and the aneroid marked 2,500 feet. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V The pressure of the atmosphere as taken by an aneroid barometer confirmed his observation, but as we were ignorant of its average density it could not give us any certain indication of our height. A Trip to Venus In most countries it must be done by reading feet on an aneroid barometer, set with zero of level scale to 30 ins. or 760 mm. How to Observe in Archaeology O that I had kept my faith in my aneroid! Among the Forces Komoru carefully consulted his compass, watch and aneroid, and made a slight change in his course. In the Clutch of the War-God Take that old aneroid away, A new barometer we'll try; With hope for haply one fine day— In wet July. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 18, 1891 As they passed through the hall on their way to the drawing-room, Lord Blight stopped a moment at the aneroid barometer and gave it an encouraging tap. The Sunny Side An excellent aneroid was taken out of its padded box and hung upon the wall. The Moon-Voyage By three o'clock I noticed that the pointer on the aneroid barometer, that instrument that has a kind of spiritual fineness of feeling, had moved a tenth of an inch upward. Among the Forces As it was, she bought an aneroid barometer, three dozen iron skewers, a sacking-bottom and four volumes of Eliza Cook's poems. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot Mr. Elias, who has noted the River's level by aneroid at two points 920 miles apart, calculated the fall over that distance, which includes the contour of Shan-si, at 4 feet per mile. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Also he had a share of that marvellous instinct which, when it exists, registers the mental altitude of the minds of others with the accuracy of an aneroid. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life We could only hope that the aneroid was not hopelessly out of kilter, and that we should, therefore, fairly soon find ourselves in comparatively level country. Through the Brazilian Wilderness We descended 2500 feet, measured by my aneroid, to the flat, where the monks made us most welcome. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II We have nothing to check our two aneroids. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Having an aneroid barometer with us, we ascertained the elevation of the mountain to be about 9,800 feet. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park So complete was the design that it even included instruments, consisting of an aneroid, pressure indicator, an anemometer, a compass, and a level. A History of Aeronautics It was, therefore, with grave concern, but with no surprise, that when we next turned to the aneroid we found the index pointing to 9,000 feet, and still moving upwards. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation An excellent aneroid was drawn from the wadded box which contained it and hung on the wall. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon There were an aneroid and another box-shaped instrument hanging from the ring. The War in the Air At this point the elevation, as indicated by our aneroid barometer, was 9,476 feet, while at the summit it was 10,327 feet, a difference of 581 feet, which was the broken granite summit. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park There is for his use another form of barometer much more suited to his purpose, namely, the barograph, which is really a development of the aneroid barometer. The Mastery of the Air I had still strength to tap the aneroid barometer to facilitate the movement of the needle. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation It appeared from the observations that an aneroid barometer could be trusted to read as accurately as a mercurial barometer to the heights reached. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 I may mention that our aneroid shows us that in the continual incline which we have ascended since we abandoned our canoes we have risen to no less than three thousand feet above sea-level. The Lost World One camera was damaged beyond use, as were also my aneroid barometer and binoculars. The Long Labrador Trail INSTRUMENTS.—1 sextant, 1 opera-glass, 1 spyglass, 1 box compass, 1 pocket compass, 1 Fahrenheit thermometer, 1 aneroid barometer, 1 box containing a photographic apparatus, together with glasses, chemicals, etc. The Mysterious Island But over the estuary there must have been a cold upper current blowing, which crippled our balloon, for the aneroid presently told of a fall of 2,000 feet. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation Neither aneroid nor weather-wisdom may, as a matter of fact, tell when a mistral will arise, how it will blow, how veer, how drop and rise, and drop again. The Isle of Unrest Cape Meteorological Commission has sent Graham the following instruments with a request that he would take regular observations— An aneroid barometer. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha But though they ascended till the aneroid showed eight thousand five hundred feet, nothing met their gaze but the same pearly blue vapor which veiled the mystery before them. Darkness and Dawn From observations made on the summit with a single aneroid barometer, it was estimated to be about 14,500 feet high. Travels in Alaska The hand of the aneroid that I had looked at was fast moving, while the under part of the balloon had risen high above the car. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation Unfortunately, and by my fault, they were not provided with an aneroid. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 It is wise to practise this on clear days in order to get accustomed to running by map, compass and aneroid. Ski-running No. The aneroid's only good up to five miles. Darkness and Dawn This was a keen disappointment, for we had hoped that the aneroids would at least show a margin over the altitude of Mt. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru They had no Davy lamp with which to read their aneroid, and could only tell from the upward flight of fragments of paper that they were descending. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation I also succeeded in repairing the aneroid barometer, which had been crushed nearly flat by the fall of a horse; fortunately, however, without injury to the vacuum vase. 8th October. Journals of Australian Explorations As the weather also affects the aneroid, it should be constantly reset at known levels. Ski-running In addition to these I had secreted a prismatic and magnetic compass, a boiling point and aneroid thermometer, and a plane-table which I had constructed for the occasion. Memoir of William Watts McNair The aneroids now differed by over five hundred feet. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru The comparatively new instrument, the aneroid barometer, extremely valuable, if only trustworthy, by reason of its sensibility, portability and safety, was to be tested and compared with the behaviour of a reliable mercurial barometer. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation The aneroid barometer was completely put out of adjustment by the principal lever having been moved from its position by a violent shake in crossing one of the deep gullies. Journals of Australian Explorations Set the aneroid at the point you start from and check your heights by this as you climb or descend, referring constantly to the map to ensure that you are running on the right line. Ski-running I determined the descent from the summit to Lake Lindeman by carrying the aneroid from the lake to the summit and back again, the interval of time from start to return being about eight hours. Klondyke Nuggets A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest We now noticed with dismay that the two big aneroids had begun to differ. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru As he took Mac's aneroid barometer out of his pocket, a sudden gust cut across his raw and bleeding cheek. The Magnetic North The instruments employed were an eight-inch sextant, box-sextant, prismatic compasses, pocket compasses, double axis compass, aneroid barometers, thermometers, and artificial horizon, etc. Journals of Australian Explorations A course is easily found by using an aneroid, or it may also be worked off the Ordnance Map. Ski-running The temperature of the sources immediately under the hill was 106° Fahr., the thermometer standing at 80° in the air, and the aneroid gave an altitude of 728 feet above the sea. First Footsteps in East Africa It was pleasant to note that the two new mountain aneroids registered exactly alike. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru We were then 1,500 feet above the sea by the aneroid barometer, and the increased coolness was perceptible. The Hawaiian Archipelago After it commenced raining the aneroid fell 0.10, but rose again before it ceased. Journals of Australian Explorations In the case of fog, it is very difficult to avoid difficulties, and points on the map can only be identified by the use of an aneroid, as well as a compass. Ski-running To begin with, Bowers broke the only hypsometer thermometer, and so they were left with nothing to check their two aneroids. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition Unslinging the aneroid which I had been carrying, I found to my surprise and dismay that the needle showed a height of only 21,525 feet above sea level. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru After dinner a busybody in the shape of a too intelligent young coffee-planter, who possessed an aneroid barometer, brought that instrument to the smoking-room with a scared face. The Grey Lady Fragments of trap-rock are frequent in the bed of the river, and one specimen contained traces of carbonate of copper; at 6.0 thermometer 92 degrees, aneroid 29.80, at the camp--sixty feet above the river. Journals of Australian Explorations Looking across, one would think that the depression was slight, but the party found by aneroid that their descent was one thousand five hundred feet into a gully filled with soft, deep snow. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 I have handed over to him for that purpose an aneroid barometer, Number 21,543, and four thermometers, two for dry and wet bulb observations, and the others for temperature of water, etc. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia We took what comfort we could from the fact that the aneroids, which had checked each other perfectly up to 17,000 feet, were now so obviously untrustworthy. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru The captain drinks his whisky and hot water with a certain slow appreciation of the merits of that reprehensible solution, and glances at the aneroid barometer on the bulkhead of his cabin. The Grey Lady Repaired the chronometer and one of the aneroid barometers, which had been broken by the motion of one of the pack-horses. Journals of Australian Explorations It was three miles to the bottom of the gully, and the aneroid barometer registered one thousand one hundred and ninety feet. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 I found, on taking out my instruments, that one of the spare thermometers was broken, and the glass of my aneroid barometer cracked; the latter I believe not otherwise injured. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia He made a short calculation, referring to the aneroid barometer which was mounted on the outer frame of a window, and said he judged that their altitude was about five miles. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life The needle of the aneroid fastened to the wall of the sitting-room, and in reach of everybody's eye, had also made a night of it. Tides of Barnegat At noon the thermometer stood at 100 degrees in the shade, and the aneroid 29.75--forty feet above the river. Journals of Australian Explorations Five aneroid barometers: One large instrument with thermometer attached, without name or number. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 An aneroid barometer, to indicate extreme pressures of the atmosphere. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Upon arrival at the crest of the mountain, which formed a shoulder for a peak of silvery rocks, about 100 feet above me, my aneroid showed 1830 feet above Kythrea. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 The instruments we carried were two sextants and three artificial horizons — two glass and one mercury — a hypsometer for measuring heights, and one aneroid. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2 At the highest point on this day's route the aneroid stood at 29.40, and at the camp 29.55; thermometer, 88 degrees. Journals of Australian Explorations According to the hypsometer and our aneroid barometer we were at a height of 11,075 feet -- this was in lat. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 "You see," said the Professor, "we have now only the pressure of our atmosphere, and I shall be glad when the aneroid takes the place of the barometer." A Journey to the Interior of the Earth According to the hypsometer and our aneroid barometer we were at a height of 11,075 feet — this was in lat. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1 Five aneroid barometers: One large instrument with thermometer attached, without name or number. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2 It's the fault of the aneroid barometer, my dear. The Golden Fleece, a romance The instruments we carried were two sextants and three artificial horizons -- two glass and one mercury -- a hypsometer for measuring heights, and one aneroid. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Here is the aneroid, the most useful of all, and for which I would have given all the others. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth All streams and water-courses flowed in their direction, while their aneroid showed them that they were gradually descending. A journey in other worlds A romance of the future The word aneroid means not wet, or not a fluid, like mercury, so that, while aneroid barometers are being made which do use mercury, they are generally made without. Aeroplanes Lieutenant Procope had brought in his hand a mercurial thermometer, and Servadac carried an aneroid barometer, by means of which he could estimate the depth of their descent below the level of the Gallian Sea. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space For this purpose I need two small self-registering thermometers, two aneroid thermometers, and two hygrometers of any make. A Biography of Sidney Lanier No, he had not the aneroid, and no guessing could supply its place. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth As the days passed, I thought the weather showed indications of a change; for one thing, the aneroid began jumping about in a very uneasy manner. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont My uncle noted every hour the indications of the compass, the chronometer, the aneroid, and the thermometer the very same which he has published in his scientific report of our journey. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth |
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