Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
1877; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Autores
William Frederick Mayers, E. H. Parker, Alex. Hosie, Alex. Hosie, Thos. W. Kingsmill, Dr. H. Fritsche,
ResumoFrontmatter: Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Table of contents: Contents. Essay: Article IV Sunspots and Sun-Shadows Observed in China, B. C. 28,—A. D. 1617, Article VI The Climate of Eastern Asia, Annual Means, Every Word in the First Verse Has Thus Its Exact Analogue, Daily Period of the Cloudiness Nikolajevsk, Errata and Corrigenda In Article II, I.—Introduction A. Preliminary Remarks, Prevailing Winds and Calms, List of Members Honorary, Article I On the Stone Figures at Chinese Tombs and the Offering of Living Sacrifices, 2.—THE Pressure of Aqueous Vapour and Relative Humidity A.—Daily Period, Corresponding, Differences between the Absolute, There Is No Doubt That the Ode Is Older than the Chinese Language as at Present Spoken, Errata, When We, However, Leave the Chaou-Nan and Arrive at the Ta-Ya and Siao-Ya, the Greater and Lesser Epics, We Find with a Fuller Growth of Legend a Greater Development of the Mythological Element, Things Not Generally Known in - Pekingese, Appendix Chinese Text of Selections from the Classic of Poetry in Mr. Kingsmill's Paper, Article II The Comparative Study of Chinese Dialects, Absolute Variability of the Amount of Precipitation.—Table (278), Resident, Peking Hourly Range of the Atmosphbric Pressure, In the Epitome Which Occupies the Three Pages Following, Will Be Found Grouped Together a Very Small Selection of Words, Being a Few of Those in the Preceding Four Lists Which Seem Incontestably to Be Allied Together, Article III Droughts in China, a. D. 620 to 1643, Waifs and Strays in the Hankow Dialect, Table of Mutations between Ancient and Modern Chinese, Non-Resident, Monthly Means of the Cloudiness, Monthly and Annual Means of the Temperature Continent of Eastern Asia. Table (128), Mean Monthly Atmospheric Pressure Continent of Eastern Asia.—Table (207), Article V The Ancient Language and Cult of the Chows, Number of Days with Snow. Fiction, drama: The Scene Which in the Former Ode Was Laid in an Islet in a River Is Here Removed to the Bank of a Mere. Weather report: Warm Currents, Absolute Maxima and Minima of the Temperature Yakutsk, II.—The Temperature of the Air A.—Daily Period, The Highest and Lowest Temperature Occurring during the Course of the Year, According to Tables (36)—(61), Are as Follows, Maxima and Minima of the Temperature, Mean Daily Amplitude on the Temperature.
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