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Second Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xvi,671,[1] p.,41plates : ill ; 25 cm. Notes; bibl p616-659. Contents; THE NUCLEATION OF WATER-VAPOUR CONDENSATION: Homogeneous condensation -- Condensation on ions -- Nucleation by insoluble particles -- Condensation on soluble particles -- Condensation on nuclei of mixed constitution -- Concluding remarks -- THE NUCLEI OF ATMOSPHERIC CONDENSATION: Collection, measurement, and identification of atmospheric nuclei -- The concentration, size, and size distribution of atmospheric condensation nuclei -- The chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols -- The production of natural aerosols -- Nuclei involved in cloud formation -- The removal of aerosols from the troposphere -- THE GROWTH OF DROPLETS IN CLOUD AND FOG: The size distribution of cloud droplets -- The liquid-water content of clouds -- Theoretical studies of cloud droplet growth -- INITIATION OF THE ICE PHASE IN CLOUDS: The supercooling of water containing foreign particles -- The homogeneous nucleation of supercooled water -- Evidence for the supercooling of water below -40 C -- Ice nuclei in the atmosphere -- Secondary processes of ice-nucleus production -- Artificial ice nuclei -- THE FORMATION OF SNOW CRYSTALS: The classification of solid precipitation -- The mass, dimensions, and fall velocities of snow crystals -- Fixation and photography of snow crystals -- The occurrence of ice crystals in natural clouds -- Studies of ice crystal growth in the laboratory -- The mechanism of habit change -- The surface structure of ice crystals -- The growth rates of ice crystals -- THE PHYSICS OF NATURAL PRECIPITATION PROCESSES: Forms of precipitation -- Physical processes responsible for release of precipitation -- Observational data on the characteristics of precipitating clouds -- The release of precipitation from layer clouds -- The release of precipitation from shower clouds -- Hail -- ARTIFICIAL MODIFICATION OF CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION: Historical introduction -- The experimental seeding of cumuliform clouds -- The experimental seeding of layer clouds -- Large-scale cloud-seeding operations -- Suppression oflarge hail -- RADAR STUDIES OF CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION: Basic radar theory -- The scattering and attenuation of radar waves by meteorological particles -- The presentation of radar information -- Radar echoes from different cloud systems -- Analysis of the radar signal -- Meteorological information from Doppler radar -- The structure of precipitating layer clouds as revealed by radar -- Detection of non-precipitating clouds with millimetric radar -- The cumulonimbus and thunderstorm as revealed by radar -- Measurement of rainfall by radar -- THE ELECTRIFICATION OF CLOUDS: The vertical electric field and current in fine weather -- The electric fields produced at the earth's surface by thunderstorms and lightning discharges -- The structure of the lightning flash -- The electrical structure of the thunderstorm -- Correlation between lightning and precipitation -- Mechanisms of charge generation and separation in thunderstorms -- The transfer of electricity between the atmosphere and earth-the maintenance of the earth's charge. Subjects; Cloud physics. Meteorology. Cloud. Ice needles, sleet, falling snow and graupel. Condensation, nuclei. Glaciology. Ice and snow. Ice crystals. 1 Kg.…

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Bon. (1)f. de publicités, IX, London, J. Murray, Yokohama, Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore, Kelly & Walsh, 1903 [7° éd.], in-12, (1)f. de publicités, IX, (1)p. de table, 586pp, (1)f, 68pp. de publicités, 28 cartes et plans, cartonnage d'éditeur à la bradel en percaline rouge imprimée or, dos lisse orné, 28 cartes et plans (dont 1 grande carte du Japon repliée sous étui en fin d'ouvrage), certains compris dans le texte et d'autres en couleurs. Figures dans le texte. Nouvelle édition de ce guide proposant 86 routes, auquel on a ajouté une description des petites îles du Sud du Japon. Certains plans et cartes ont été révisés, et parfois entièrement redessinés. Ce guide contient aussi un vocabulaire anglais-japonais. Cartonnage frotté et passé. Quelques rousseurs éparses.…