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Rain and Rainfall

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Diagram - Dry and Wet Belts, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1481
Scope and Contents

Diagram showing the position of the Dry Belt and the action of the wind current which causes the warm Japanese mists, moisture, and rain clouds first to precipitate on the Coast Range of British Columbia and then to lift upwards over the Dry Belt and fall again with precipitation on the Western face of the Selkirks and Rockies.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Dry and Wet Belts - Temperature, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1480
Scope and Contents

Table of the annual rainfall and snowfall and the average temperatures in both dry and wet belt stations in British Columbia, Canada in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Europe's Annual Pressure and Rainfall, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2955
Scope and Contents

Map of Europe showing the annual pressure and rainfall across the continent in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black, 21 April 1773

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/58-63
Scope and Contents

Letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black regarding mineralogical experiments, yaws and including a journal of local rainfall.

Dates: 21 April 1773

Letter from Lord Kames to Joseph Black, 02 May 1775

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/82
Scope and Contents

Letter from Lord Kames to Joseph Black about rain.

Dates: 02 May 1775

Riddle for wind and rain, 1891

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/126
Scope and Contents

Riddle for wind and rain beginning 'Each dubh is each donn'.

Dates: 1891

Table IX - Sulphuric Acid and Chlorine in Rain-water collected at Rothamsted, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1362
Scope and Contents

Image of a table summarizing the measurements of sulphuric acid and chlorine in rain-water that was collected at Rothamsted between 1881 and 1887.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Table VII - Nitrogen and Chlorine in Rothamsted Rain, Monthly Averages, 15 Years (1889-1903), 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3044
Scope and Contents

Table of information on the amount of nitrogen and chlorine in Rothamsted Station's rain by monthly averages over a 15 year period from 1889 to 1903.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Table VIII - Comparison of Maximum and Minimum Precipitation of Rain and Chlorine, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1361
Scope and Contents

Image of a table comparing the minimum and maximum measurements of precipitation of rain and chlorine in 1890, 1898 and 1903.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Table X - Rainfall and Drainage at Rothamsted, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1363
Scope and Contents

Image of a table summarizing the averages and results for minimum and maxiumum rainfall and drainage at Rothamsted between 1871 and 1904.

Dates: 1870s-1930s