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Page 125
... moisture , in which connection it per- forms a most important part in the economy of nature . Air , like all material bodies , expands when heated , and thus its specific gravity being lessened , it rises . Every one is familiar with ...
... moisture , in which connection it per- forms a most important part in the economy of nature . Air , like all material bodies , expands when heated , and thus its specific gravity being lessened , it rises . Every one is familiar with ...
Page 137
... moisture flow In large effusion o'er the freshen'd world . " Thomson . THE relations of the atmosphere to water are very important and numerous . The various winds as they sweep over large tracts of country , or the ocean , become ...
... moisture flow In large effusion o'er the freshen'd world . " Thomson . THE relations of the atmosphere to water are very important and numerous . The various winds as they sweep over large tracts of country , or the ocean , become ...
Page 138
... moisture , it becomes proportionally damper , and thus the middle regions of the atmos- phere become soon charged with moisture , and were it not for a conservative principle which we will now mention , the heavens would be perpetually ...
... moisture , it becomes proportionally damper , and thus the middle regions of the atmos- phere become soon charged with moisture , and were it not for a conservative principle which we will now mention , the heavens would be perpetually ...
Page 139
... moisture precipitated from the atmosphere , depends upon a va- riety of circumstances ; on the previous dampness of the com- mingled portions of the fluid , their difference of heat , the eleva- tion of their mean temperature , and the ...
... moisture precipitated from the atmosphere , depends upon a va- riety of circumstances ; on the previous dampness of the com- mingled portions of the fluid , their difference of heat , the eleva- tion of their mean temperature , and the ...
Page 140
... moisture necessary to form rain , hail , or snow , contending currents must bring vast fields of air of different temperatures over a given spot , as for example , when a warm south - east wind encounters a cold north- wester . In some ...
... moisture necessary to form rain , hail , or snow , contending currents must bring vast fields of air of different temperatures over a given spot , as for example , when a warm south - east wind encounters a cold north- wester . In some ...
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