| sir William Reid - 1838 - 474 sivua
...of distant objects, whether the sky be cloudy or not. w—Wet dew. . —Under any letter, indicates an extraordinary degree. By the combination of these...ordinary phenomena of the weather may be recorded with facility and brevity. Examples:—bcm, Blue sky, with detached opening clouds, and a hazy atmosphere,... | |
| Sir James Clark Ross - 1847 - 470 sivua
...Visibility of distant objects.—Whether the sky be cloudy or not. w „ Wet dew. under any letter denotes an —Extraordinary degree. By the combination of...weather may be recorded with certainty and brevity. EXAMPLES. bcm denotes Blue sky, with detached opening clouds, but hazy round the horizon. & . oy Gloomy... | |
| Sir James Clark Ross - 1847 - 470 sivua
...Visibility of distant objects __ Whether the sky be cloudy or not. Wet dew. • under any letter denotes an— Extraordinary degree. By the combination of...weather may be recorded with certainty and brevity. try 0 qpdlt EXAMPLES. denotes Blue sky, with detached opening clouds, but hazy round the horizon. Gloomy... | |
| James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Q. Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1848 - 584 sivua
...distant objects, whether the sky be cloudy or not. Wet with dew. • ...... Under any letter, denotes an extraordinary degree. By the combination of these...weather may be recorded with certainty and brevity. EXAMPLES. bcm Denotes Blue sky with detached opening clouds, but heavy around the horizon. gv " Gloomy,... | |
| James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Q. Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1848 - 558 sivua
...not Ugly, threatening appearances in the weather. Wet with dew. • ...... Under any letter, denotes an extraordinary degree. By the combination of these letters, all the ordinary phenomena of the may be recorded with certainty and brevity. EXAMPLES. bcm Denotes Blue sky with detached opening clouds,... | |
| LIEUT-COLONEL W. REID - 1850 - 580 sivua
...Visibility of distant objects, whether the sky be cloudy or not. w ,, Wet dew. Under any letter denotes an extraordinary degree. By the combination of these...weather may be recorded with certainty and brevity. EXAMPLES. bc rn—Blue sky, with detached opening clouds, but hazy round the horizon. gv—Gloomy dark... | |
| William Reid - 1850 - 586 sivua
...Visibility of distant objects, whether the sky be cloudy or not. w „ Wet dew. „ Under any letter denotes an extraordinary degree. By the combination of these...weather may be recorded with certainty and brevity. EXAMPLES. bcm—Blue sky, with detached opening clouds, but hazy round the horizon. gv—Gloomy dark... | |
| Negretti and Zambra, Enrico Angelo Lodovico Negretti, Joseph Warren Zambra - 1864 - 180 sivua
...heavy rain; / /, dense fog; and a figure attached denotes duration in hours, as 14 r, 14 hours rain. By the combination of these letters, all the ordinary...weather may be recorded with certainty and brevity. EXAMPLES.— bc, blue sky with less proportion of cloud. 2 rr II t, heavy r.iin for two hours, with... | |
| Henry Raper - 1870 - 968 sivua
...objects, whether the sky be cloudy or not. w—Wet dew. . — Under any letter indicates an eitraordinary degree. By the combination of these letters, all the ordinary phenomena of the weather may be nviink'd with facility and brevity. Examples :—bcm, Blue sky, with detached opening clouds, and a... | |
| Alexander Bridport Becher - 1883 - 220 sivua
...V—Visibility of Distant Objects—whether the sky be cloudy or not. W—"Wet Dew. .—Under any letter denotes an Extraordinary Degree. •By the combination of...weather may be recorded with certainty and brevity. EXAMPLES. bcni Blue Sky, with detached opening clouds, but hazy round the horizon gy Gloomy dark weather,... | |
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