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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [41] (50/568)
The record is made up of 1 volume (282 folios). It was created in 1918. It was written in English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish and Syriac. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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CLIMATE
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The average range of temperature in a single day is naturally much
less ? and is given below for the same places :
Average Daily Range of Temperature
Month.
Mosul.
Baghdad.
Babylon.
Basra.
Bushire.
o f .
0 F.
0 F.
0 F.
0 F.
January
18-0
21.3
20-3
16-2
13-0
February .
17.7
22.8
24.6
16-4
12-6
March
18-9
23-3
26.7
17.3
13-4
April ....
22-5
24.7
26-8
18.8
14*1
May ....
27-0
25.4
29-0
19-6
135
June ....
28.9
28-4
33-6
18-9
11-2
July .
30-6
29.8
35-1
21-5
11-0
August
31.5
30.8
36.2
23.5
13-0
September .
31.1
30.8
36-4
24-6
14-8
October
28-4
29.3
31.7
22.7
16-3
November ,
22-5
24.6
27-9
18-3
15-6
December .
18-0
20.5
23.0
13-7
13-3
Winds. —The prevalent winds are shown in Table XI, p. 52, for
the different stations at which observations have been made. The
north-westerly and northerly winds blow with great steadiness,
especially in summer, when there is a steep pressure gradient from
the north of Mesopotamia to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. In consequence
of heating, the lower layers of air which are in contact with the
ground rise, and in this way a mixing of the lower and upper air
takes place as the day advances. The result is that the more
rapid motion of the upper layers is imparted to the lower layers
with which they are being mixed, and increased velocity of the
surface Avind in the midday and afternoon hours is thus brought
about.
Observations of atmospheric pressure have been made at few
places in Mesopotamia, but from these and others in the Persian
Gulf, in Syria, Egypt, Arabia, and India the general trend of
the isobars can be deduced for the summer months, May to October,
when there is a well-defined pressure gradient towards the Persian
Gulf. In the winter months the gradient is slight, and the data are
insufficient for reliable deductions to be made of the velocity of the
upper air-currents. An approximate value can, however, be obtained
for the summer months, and the estimated velocity of the winds
at from 1,500 to 4,000 feet (gradient wind) is given in the following
table:
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Naval Staff, Intelligence Department: November 1918). This is an updated and expanded edition of A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: August 1916) (IOR/L/MIL17/15/41/1). This is an introductory volume containing matter of a general nature giving an account of conditions in Mesopotamia, for the most part as they were before the First World War.
The volume includes a note on official use, a title page and 'Note'. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following chapters and sections:
- Chapter 1: Boundaries and Physical Features;
- Chapter 2: Climate;
- Chapter 3: Minerals;
- Chapter 4: Fauna and Flora;
- Chapter 5: Hygiene;
- Chapter 6: History;
- Chapter 7: Inhabitants;
- Chapter 8: Religions;
- Chapter 9: Administration;
- Chapter 10: Irrigation of Irak [Iraq];
- Chapter 11: Agriculture and Land Tenure;
- Chapter 12: Commerce and Industry;
- Chapter 13: Currency, Weights, and Measures;
- Chapter 14: Communications and Transport;
- Vocabularies;
- Index.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (282 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in numbered chapters. There is a contents page and an alphabetically arranged index.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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