 ... all the circumstances, which tend to increase the quantity of moisture in the atmosphere, must likewise tend to increase the production of dew. Thus dew, in equally calm and clear nights, is more abundant shortly after rain, than during a long tract...  A Bibliography, Guide, and Index to Climate - Page 162by Alexander Ramsay - 1884 - 449 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Charles Wells - 1815 - 174 pages
...increase the quantity of moisture in the atmosphere, must likewise tend to increase the production of dew. Thus dew, in equally calm and clear nights,...winds, than during those, which blow from the north and the east. Aristotle* says, that Pontus is the only country, in which dew is more copious during a northerly,... | |
 | William Charles Wells - 1815 - 168 pages
...increase the quantity of moisture in the atmosphere, must likewise tend to increase the production of dew. Thus dew, in equally calm and clear nights,...perhaps a few exceptions, and in some parts of Asia and Afrjca, during southerly and westerly winds, than during those, which blow from the north and the east.... | |
 | William Charles Wells - 1818 - 554 pages
...increase the quantity of moisture in the atmosphere, must likewise tend to increase the production of dew. Thus dew, in equally calm and clear nights,...winds, than during those, which blow from the north and the east. Aristotle* says, that Pontus is the only country, in which dew is more copious during a northerly,... | |
 | William Charles Wells - 1818 - 530 pages
...increase the quantity of moisture in the atmosphere, must likewise tend to increase the production of dew. Thus dew, in equally calm and clear nights,...winds, than during those, which blow from the north and the east. Aristotle* says, that Pontus is the only country, in which dew is more copious during a northerly,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1842 - 744 pages
...or between the blades of grass, the cold contact of which gradually condenses it. Dew, therefore, on calm and clear nights, is more abundant shortly after rain than during a long season of dry weather. During westerly or southerly winds, which are generally impregnated with moisture,... | |
 | Henry Stephens - 1844 - 748 pages
...will be the precipitation of moisture in the atmosphere, must likewise tend to increase the production of dew. Thus dew, in equally calm and clear nights,...during a long tract of dry weather. It is more abundant during S. and W. winds, than during those which blow from the N. and the E. Dew is commonly more plentiful... | |
 | Henry Stephens - 1852 - 828 pages
...the precipitation of moisture in the atmosphere, which must likewise tend to increase the production of dew. Thus dew, in equally calm and clear nights,...during a long tract of dry weather. It is more abundant during S. and W. winds, than during those which blow from the N. and the E. Dew is commonly more plentiful... | |
 | Henry Stephens - 1853 - 854 pages
...the precipitation of moisture in the atmosphere, which must likewise tend to increase the production of dew. Thus dew, in equally calm and clear nights,...during a long tract of dry weather. It is more abundant during S. and W. winds, than during those which blow from the N. and the E. Dew is commonly more plentiful... | |
 | 1884 - 472 pages
...precipitation be when the causes forming dew are in operation, and that all the circumstances which teud to {Page 132) increase the quantity of moisture must...calm and clear nights, is more abundant shortly after ram than during a long tract of dry weather. It is more abundant also throughout Europe, with perhaps... | |
 | 1893 - 882 pages
...the evening, but continues to form as long after the rising of the sun as upon the ground ; that dew is more abundant shortly after rain than during a long tract of dry weather ; that dew is always very copious on those clear and calm nights which are followed by misty or foggy... | |
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