The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & GlaciersH.S. King & Company, 1873 - 192 стор. |
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... called a cloud . 8. Watch the cloud - banner from the funnel of a running locomotive ; you see it growing gradually less dense . It finally melts away altogether , and if you continue your observations you will not fail to notice that ...
... called a cloud . 8. Watch the cloud - banner from the funnel of a running locomotive ; you see it growing gradually less dense . It finally melts away altogether , and if you continue your observations you will not fail to notice that ...
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... called the Trift , from the end of which rushes a river smaller than the Rhone . 19. You soon learn that the mountain snow feeds the glacier . By some means or other the snow is con- verted into ice . But whence comes the snow ? Like ...
... called the Trift , from the end of which rushes a river smaller than the Rhone . 19. You soon learn that the mountain snow feeds the glacier . By some means or other the snow is con- verted into ice . But whence comes the snow ? Like ...
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... called the retina . The retina can be excited in various ways so as to pro- duce the consciousness of light ; it may , as we have seen , be excited by the rude mechanical action of a blow imparted to the eye . 22. There is no ...
... called the retina . The retina can be excited in various ways so as to pro- duce the consciousness of light ; it may , as we have seen , be excited by the rude mechanical action of a blow imparted to the eye . 22. There is no ...
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... called bisulphide of carbon . The light at the focus instantly vanishes when the dark solution is introduced . But the solution is intensely transparent to the dark waves , and a focus of such waves remains in the air of the room after ...
... called bisulphide of carbon . The light at the focus instantly vanishes when the dark solution is introduced . But the solution is intensely transparent to the dark waves , and a focus of such waves remains in the air of the room after ...
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... called the Tropics of Cancer and of Capricorn . Upon the belt comprised between these two circles the sun's rays fall with their mightiest power ; for here they shoot directly downwards , and heat both earth and sea more than when they ...
... called the Tropics of Cancer and of Capricorn . Upon the belt comprised between these two circles the sun's rays fall with their mightiest power ; for here they shoot directly downwards , and heat both earth and sea more than when they ...
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