The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & GlaciersH.S. King & Company, 1873 - 192 стор. |
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... means or other the snow is con- verted into ice . But whence comes the snow ? Like the rain , it comes from the clouds , which , as before , can be traced to vapour raised by the sun . Without solar fire we could have no atmospheric ...
... means or other the snow is con- verted into ice . But whence comes the snow ? Like the rain , it comes from the clouds , which , as before , can be traced to vapour raised by the sun . Without solar fire we could have no atmospheric ...
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... means they get from the sun to the earth , and how , when there , they produce the clouds of our atmo- sphere , and thus originate our rivers and our glaciers . 21. If in a dark room you close your eyes and press the eyelid with your ...
... means they get from the sun to the earth , and how , when there , they produce the clouds of our atmo- sphere , and thus originate our rivers and our glaciers . 21. If in a dark room you close your eyes and press the eyelid with your ...
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... means of our opaque solution , isolate our dark waves and converge them on the cotton . It caplodes as before . h . Honco it is the dark waves , and they only , that wca soncerned in the ignition of the cotton . . At the same dark focus ...
... means of our opaque solution , isolate our dark waves and converge them on the cotton . It caplodes as before . h . Honco it is the dark waves , and they only , that wca soncerned in the ignition of the cotton . . At the same dark focus ...
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... means of an air - pump we can show the expansion of a balloon partly filled with air , when the external pressure has been in part removed . 73. But why do I dwell upon this ? Simply to make plain to you that the unconfined air , heated ...
... means of an air - pump we can show the expansion of a balloon partly filled with air , when the external pressure has been in part removed . 73. But why do I dwell upon this ? Simply to make plain to you that the unconfined air , heated ...
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... means of a stopcock with a vessel of about one- fourth its capacity , from which the air has been re- moved by an air - pump . The exhausted cylinder of the pump itself will answer capitally . Fill the glass tube with humid air ; then ...
... means of a stopcock with a vessel of about one- fourth its capacity , from which the air has been re- moved by an air - pump . The exhausted cylinder of the pump itself will answer capitally . Fill the glass tube with humid air ; then ...
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