Project Gutenberg 2011-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 132 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 Reading ease score: 54.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Balloons Clouds Atmosphere Kites (Meteorology) QC Text Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming 291663 2025-07-14T15:48:02.336780 text/html 284801 2021-02-01T07:17:56 text/html 2472448 2025-07-14T15:48:12.511693 application/epub+zip 2468724 2025-07-14T15:48:05.729792 application/epub+zip 156953 2025-07-14T15:48:02.930749 application/epub+zip 2984251 2025-07-14T15:48:15.750678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2948546 2025-07-14T15:48:09.461742 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200300 2022-09-16T14:23:30.156116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233962 2025-07-14T15:48:01.748794 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 233916 2021-02-01T06:47:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19682 2025-07-14T15:48:15.883672 application/rdf+xml 19599 2025-07-14T15:48:03.030747 image/jpeg 2927 2025-07-14T15:48:02.981738 image/jpeg 82453 2021-02-01T07:18:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 2770892 2021-10-27T22:28:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 2599350 2025-07-14T15:48:02.430780 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia