Project Gutenberg 2011-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 65 Rotch, Abbott Lawrence 1861 1912 Rotch, A. Lawrence (Abbott Lawrence) Rotch, Lawrence 03022931 Sounding the Ocean of Air Being Six Lectures Delivered Before the Lowell Institute of Boston, in December 1898 Chris Curnow, Tom Cosmas and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Sounding the Ocean of Air" by Abbott Lawrence Rotch is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book consists of six lectures delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, exploring various aspects of meteorology, particularly the structure and dynamics of the atmosphere and methods for investigating its properties through instruments like balloons and kites. Rotch aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of atmospheric phenomena, drawing attention to both historical perspectives and modern findings. The opening of the text discusses human curiosity about meteorological phenomena from ancient times to the present, detailing historical contributions from philosophers like Aristotle and modern advancements in the field. Rotch explains the atmosphere's composition, structure, and the significance of various meteorological instruments developed over centuries. The beginning sets a solid groundwork for understanding the complexities of the atmosphere and introduces the methods of exploration that will be elaborated in the subsequent chapters. This initial portion focuses on the evolution of meteorological knowledge and lays the foundation for exploring the practical applications of this science in understanding weather patterns and atmospheric behaviors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36252/36252-h/images/coverpage.png en Balloons Clouds Atmosphere Kites (Meteorology) QC Text Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Browsing: Science - General 291515 291397 2024-09-15T10:42:37.284366 2023-09-16T04:33:09.848013 text/html text/html 284801 2021-02-01T07:17:56 text/html 2472793 2024-09-15T10:42:49.914315 application/epub+zip 2469298 2024-09-15T10:42:41.305364 application/epub+zip 157230 2024-09-15T10:42:38.083379 application/epub+zip 2984413 2024-09-15T10:42:53.598287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2948542 2024-09-15T10:42:46.577311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200300 2022-09-16T14:23:30.156116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233962 233910 2024-09-15T10:42:36.282382 2023-09-16T04:33:09.093962 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 233916 2021-02-01T06:47:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18740 2024-09-15T10:42:53.739276 application/rdf+xml 19599 2024-09-15T10:42:38.219380 image/jpeg 2927 2024-09-15T10:42:38.148348 image/jpeg 82453 2021-02-01T07:18:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 2770892 2021-10-27T22:28:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 2599731 2024-09-15T10:42:37.540392 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog