 | William Charles Wells - 1815 - 174 pages
...possess the same heat as the lower atmosphere, and will therefore send to the earth, as much, or nearlyVk much heat as they receive from it by radiation. But...surface becoming several degrees colder than the air. TO the first part of this Essay, an example was given of a body on the ground becoming at night 5°... | |
 | William Charles Wells - 1815 - 168 pages
...intercept the communication of the earth with the sky, yet being, from their elevated situation, coMer than the earth, will radiate to it less heat than they receive from it, and mayi consequently,, admit of bodies on its surface becoming* several degrees colder than the air. In... | |
 | William Charles Wells - 1818 - 554 pages
...ceasing of that part of the cold indicated by the thermometer, which * Eclin. Phil. Trans. I. 15?. was owing to its own radiation to a clear sky, the temperature...consequently, admit of bodies on its surface becoming seyeral degrees colder than the air. In the first part of this Essay, an example was given of a body... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1822 - 1494 pages
...therefore send to the earth, as much, or nearly as much heat as they receive from it by radiatiop. But similarly dense clouds, if very high, though they...surface becoming several degrees colder than the air. Islands, and parts of continents close to the sea, being, by their situation, subject to a cloudy sky,... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1825 - 1250 pages
...2249. Déme clouds, near the earth, reflect back the heat they nenne from it by radiation. But similar dense clouds, if very high, though they equally intercept...surface becoming several degrees colder than the air. Islands, and parts of continents close to the sea, being, by their situations, subject to a cloudy... | |
 | 1826 - 418 pages
...and which is grounded on his hypothesis regarding radiation. " Dense clouds," Dr Wells continues, " near the earth, must possess the same heat as the...surface becoming several degrees colder than the air." But dense clouds, though at times they may be comparatively near to the earth, never (excepting, perhaps,... | |
 | 1826 - 428 pages
...and which is grounded on his hypothesis regarding radiation. " Dense clouds," Dr Wells continues, " near the earth, must possess the same heat as the...surface becoming several degrees colder than the air." But dense clouds, though at times they may be comparatively .near to the earth, never (excepting, perhaps,... | |
 | 1826 - 440 pages
...if very high, though they equally intercept the communication of the earth with the sky ; yet heing, from their elevated situation, colder than the earth,...its surface becoming several degrees colder than the air.1' But dense clouds, though at times they may be comparatively near to the earth, never (excepting,... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 1326 pages
...with the sky, yet being, from their elevated situation, colder than the earth, will radiate to it loss heat than they receive from it, and may, consequently,...surface becoming several degrees colder than the air. Islands, and parts of continents close to the sea, being, by their situations, subject to a cloudy... | |
 | William Charles Wells - 1838 - 84 pages
...earth with the sky, yet being, from their elevated situation, colder than the earth, will radiate to k less heat than they receive from it, and may, consequently,...the whole sky was thickly covered with high clouds, t Islands, and parts of continents close to, the sea, being, by their situation, subject to a cloudy... | |
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Dense clouds, near the earth, must possess the same heat as the lower atmosphere, and will therefore send to the earth, as much, or nearly as much heat as they receive from it by radiation. But similarly dense clouds, if very high, though they equally... 
