The refrigeration at night is extreme when the air is dry. The removal, for a single summer night, of the aqueous vapour from the atmosphere which covers England, would be attended by the destruction of every plant which a freezing temperature could kill.... All the Year Round - Page 301866Full view - About this book
| Science - 1863 - 530 pages
...night of the aqueous vapour from the atmosphere of England would," as Professor Tyndall tells us, " be attended by the destruction of every plant which a freezing temperature could kill," and our earth would soon be approximated to the condition of the moon, * The localities are mentioned... | |
| Science - 1863 - 538 pages
...night of the aqueous vapour from the atmosphere of England would," as Professor Tyndall tells us, " be attended by the destruction of every plant which a freezing temperature could kill," and our earth would soon be approximated to the condition of the moon, * The localities are mentioned... | |
| John Tyndall - Heat - 1864 - 484 pages
...imagine, omitted one of the most important of the causes which contributed to the observed result. Even the absence of the sun at night causes powerful refrigeration...freezing temperature could kill. In Sahara, where c the soil is fire and the wind is flame,' the refrigeration at night is often painful to bear. Ice... | |
| John Tyndall - Heat - 1865 - 494 pages
...imagine, omitted one of the most important of the causes which contributed to the observed result. Even the absence of the sun at night causes powerful refrigeration...every plant which a freezing temperature could kill. la Sahara, where ' the soil is fire and the wind is flame,' the refrigeration at night is often painful... | |
| Henry Youle Hind - Geology - 1865 - 302 pages
...per cent. of its heat is intercepted within ten feet of the surface by the aqueous vapour of the air. The removal, for a single summer night, of the aqueous...every plant which a freezing temperature could kill. The moisture of the air covers the earth as with a blanket at night, and where the air is dry as in... | |
| Michigan. Board of Agriculture, Michigan. State Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1866 - 410 pages
...powerful refrigeration when the air is dry. The removal, for a single summer's night, of the aqueous vapor from the atmosphere which covers England, would be...plant which a freezing temperature could kill. In short, it may be safely predicted, that whenever the air is dry, the daily thermometric range will... | |
| United States Commissioner of Agriculture - 1866 - 660 pages
...night of the aqueoffl • vapor from the atmosphere that covers England would," says Professor Tyndall, "be attended by the destruction of every plant which a freezing temperature would kill." In the Sahara, where "the soil is fire and the wind is flame," the refrigeration at night... | |
| United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1866 - 656 pages
...night of the aqueous vapor from the atmosphere that covers England would," says Professor Tyndall, " be attended by the destruction of every plant which a freezing temperature would kill." In the Sahara, where " the soil is fire and the wind is flame," the refrigeration at night... | |
| Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture - 1866 - 664 pages
...night of the aqueous vapor from the atmosphere that covers England would," says Professor Tyndall, "be attended by the destruction of every plant which a freezing temperature would kill." In the Sahara, where " the soil is fire and the wind is flame," the refrigeration at night... | |
| Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - Legislative journals - 1867 - 946 pages
...powerful refrigeration when the air is dry. The removal, for a single summer's night, of the aqueous vapor from the atmosphere which covers England, would be...every plant which a freezing temperature could kill In short, it may bo safely predicted, that whenever the air is dry, the daily thermometric range will... | |
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