Talk:Dolbear's law

Oecanthus fultoni or O. niveus
I'm not finding a lot of information on Amos Dolbear's residence in 1897, or the ranges of O. fultoni and O. niveus, but from what I'm seeing, O. fultoni may be restricted to AZ/NM/TX, while O. niveus is more widespread. Dolbear lived mostly in OH/WV? The Kaufman field guide, which I don't have in front of me, is being cited for Dolbear's species as O. fultoni. Did Kaufman confuse the narrow-winged tree cricket (O. niveus) with the snowy tree cricket (O. fultoni)? "niveus" readily translates as "snowy".Plantdrew (talk) 05:58, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Formula visibility
$$T_F = 50 + \left ( \frac{N-40}{4} \right ).$$

This formula is not visible in the article ינון גלעדי (talk) 21:15, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

T_F = 50 + \left ( \frac{N-40}{4} \right ). — Preceding unsigned comment added by ינון גלעדי (talk • contribs) 21:17, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Where did Brooks publish?
We read:


 * Dolbear's observations on the relation between chirp rate and temperature were preceded by an 1881 report by Margarette W. Brooks, although this paper went unnoticed until after Dolbear's publication.


 * According to Frings and Frings, this is: Margarette W. Brooks, "Influence of temperature on the chirp of the cricket", Popular Science Monthly 20 (1881), p. 268; citing "W.G.B.", a writer whom Brooks does not further identify.

However, this report does not seem to appear anywhere within vol 20 of this magazine; see here within Wikisource. -- Hoary (talk) 03:55, 5 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Look again - Brooks' study is included under 'Correspondence' in the December issue of the magazine. 203.217.150.77 (talk) 00:37, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Formula
Why write $$T_F = 50 + \left ( \frac{N-40}{4} \right )$$ when this is just $$T_F = 40 + \frac{N}{4}$$? Auximines (talk) 17:38, 18 March 2018 (UTC)