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" of aqueous vapour, and the situation of the ground is such as to permit the cold air from the land to mix with the warmer air above the water, Mist or Fog will be the result. The density of such Mist or Fog will, "
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E ... - Page 143
by Encyclopaedia - 1845
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1820 - 576 pages
...colder than that above the water; and when they both contain their due proportion of aqueous vapor, and the situation of the ground is such as to permit...air above the water, mist or fog will be the result; which will be so much the greater ia quantity, as the land surrounding or inclosing the water is higher,...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 91, Part 2; Volume 130

1821 - 734 pages
...will necessarily be cooler than that above the water; and when they both contain their due proportion of aqueous vapour, and the situation of the ground...air above the water, mist or fog will be the result; which will be so much gredter in quantity, as the land surrounding or inclosing the water is higher,...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for ..., Volume 91, Part 2

1821 - 730 pages
...will necessarily be cooler than that above the water; and when they both contain their due proportion of aqueous vapour, and the situation of the ground...air above the water, mist or fog will be the result ; which will be so much greater in quantity, as the land surrounding or inclosing the water is higher,...
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The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart

John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 pages
...will necessarily be colder than that above the water; and when they both contain their due proportion of aqueous vapour, and the situation of the ground...air above the water, mist or fog will be the result; which will be so much the greater in quantity, as the land surrounding or inclosing the water is higher,...
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Memoirs of the life of sir Humphry Davy, Volume 2

John Davy - 1836 - 436 pages
...will be necessarily colder than that above the water; and when they both contain their due proportion of aqueous vapour, and the situation of the ground...air above the water, mist or fog will be the result, which will be so much the greater in quantity as the land surrounding or enclosing the water is higher,...
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The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art, Volume 3

1842 - 446 pages
...and when they both contain their due proportion of aqueous vapor, and the situation of the ground ¡3 such as to permit the cold air from the land to mix with the warmer «ir »bove the water, mist or fog will be the result ; which will be so mach greater in quantity,...
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The dew-drop and the mist; or, An account of the nature, properties, dangers ...

Charles Tomlinson - 1847 - 132 pages
...due proportion of vapour, and the cold air from the land mixes with the warmer air above the water, a mist or fog will be the result. The density of such mist or fog will be greater, as the land surrounding the water is higher, and its depth and temperature greater. Sir...
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Demonstrations of the divine pefections, as manifested in the material universe

William Gordon - 1847 - 144 pages
...temperature of the water be lower than that of the atmosphere; but when the cold air above the land mixes with the warmer air above the water, mist or fog will be the result, which will be so much the greater in quantity as the land surrounding the water is higher and the water...
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The Gallery of Nature: Or Wonders of the Earth and the Heavens, Volume 2

Thomas Milner - 1857 - 476 pages
...colder than that above the water ; and when they both contain their due proportion of aqueous vapor, and the situation of the ground is such as to permit...above the water, mist or fog will be the result." 2. Cirrocumulus — Sondercloud. — This is a form of cloud of an intermediate nature between the...
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The gallery of nature: a tour through creation, Volume 28

Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...will necessarily be colder than that above the water; and when they both contain their due proportion of aqueous vapour, and the situation of the ground...above the water, mist or fog will be the result." He thus accounts for the formation of mists over water, by the difference in the rate of cooling, in...
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