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4. Proposed Method of ascertaining the Temperature of Falling Rain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

Thomas Stevenson
Affiliation:
Civil Engineer.
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A friend informed me some time ago that the late Principal J. D. Forbes had often noticed that a long continuance of rain resulted in a track of cold weather. Principal Forbes attributed this fact to the rain having a lower temperature than the atmosphere through which it fell. It does not appear, however, that he made any observations to determine the truth of his hypothesis, and as the subject is of considerable importance in other meteorological questions, it occurred to me that a simple instrument could be made for ascertaining the temperature of falling rain.

Type
Proceedings 1869-70
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1872

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page 170 note * It may be found better to carry the tube, at the second curve, horizontally through the side of the box instead of downwards.