381
Thermometers, 128, 176, 205
Three-dimensional plaster models, 97
Timekeeping service, 244
Time measurement systems,
243, 246
Time zones, 246
Torre dei Venti, 323
Total solar eclipses, 90, 91, 97, 133
Total solar irradiance, 128
Total solar irradiance sensor
(TSIS), 129
Tower telescope, 311
Transcribe Bentham Project, 368
Transcription, 369, 370
Travertine plaque, 209
Trieste Astronomical Observatory, 297
Trivium, 44
Truth, 363
U
Unification of physical forces,
Neo-Thomism, 195
Uniformitarianism, 231
United States National Oceanographic Data
Centre (NOAA-NODC), 216
The Unit of Physical Forces, 36
Uranus spectrum, 118, 119
Urban heat island and climate
change, 158–161
V
Vatican Observatory, 325
Via Appia Antica, 201–213
Via Appia excavations, 201–213
Virial theorem, 199
Virtual tour, 345
Visual culture, 83, 91, 100–101
Volcanism, 232
Vortex motion, 157
W
Warning service, 157
Washington-Cleveland, 183–185
Water circulation, 229, 231
Water clarity, 217, 218, 221
Water transparency, 215, 216, 218–221
Weak nuclear force, 195
Weather forecasting, 155, 156, 163, 164, 166,
172, 175
isobars and isotherms, 167–169
unpublished manuscript, 170
Weather network, 166
Weather service, 166
Weather warning services, 170
air masses and storms, 163
awareness, 163
International Meteorological
Correspondence, 166, 167
meteorological crusade, 163
Papal States, 164–166
telegraphic meteorological bureau, 163
Telegraphic Meteorological Exchange, 163
weather forecasting, 167–169
White disk method, 221
White earthen plates, 218
Wiki project, 368
Wikipedia, 367
Wind direction and speed, 161
Winds, 156
X
X- and γ-ray astronomy, 317
Y
Yerkes Observatory, 309, 311
Z
Zi-Ka-Wei, 186, 189–191
Index