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" The Rain Cloud. A Cloud, or system of Clouds, from which rain is falling. It is a horizontal sheet, above which the Cirrus spreads, while the Cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. "
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E ... - Page 148
by Encyclopaedia - 1845
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The Atmosphere and Atmospherical Phenomena

Thomas Dick - 1799 - 200 pages
...appearances sufficiently remarkable to indicate this as a distinct modification of clouds. It consists of a horizontal sheet, above which the cirrus spreads,...the cumulus enters it laterally, and from beneath. Clouds are frequently highly charged with electricity. These not only produce violent storms of thunder...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 3

John Mason Good - 1819 - 694 pages
...structure. 7. Cumulo-cirro-stratus, vel nimbus. Def. Nubes vel nubiuui congeries pluviam effundens. The rain cloud. A cloud, or system of clouds, from...which the cirrus spreads, while the cumulus enters ¡t laterally, and from beneath. For plates, and a detailed account in illustration of these definitions,...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 1, Volume 6

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...latter, or superadding a widespread structure to its base. 7. Ctimulo-rirro-stratus, vel nimbus, is the rain cloud. A cloud or system of clouds from which...the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. The cirrus appears, according to this author, to hare the least density, the greatest elevation, the...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ..., Volume 6

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 834 pages
...latter, or supcradding a widespread structure to its base. 7. Cumulo-cirra-ttratus, •c.el nimbus, is the rain cloud. A cloud or system of clouds from which rain is falling. It is a horizontal sheet, «bove which the cirrus spreads, while the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. The cirrus...
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The Climate of London: Deduced from Meteorological Observations ..., Volume 1

Luke Howard - 1833 - 570 pages
...CUMULO-CIRRO-STRATUS vel NIMBUS. Def. Nubes vel nubium congeries [superne cirrata] pluviam effundens. The Rain cloud. A cloud, or system of clouds from...the Cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. OF THE CIRRUS. Clouds in this Modification appear to have the least density, the greatest elevation,...
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The Climate of London: Deduced from Meteorological Observations ..., Volume 1

Luke Howard - 1833 - 462 pages
...CUMULO-CIHRO-STHATUS vel NIMBUS. Def. Nubes vel nubium congeries [superne cirrata] pluviam effundens. The Rain cloud. A cloud, or system of clouds from...the Cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. OF THE CIBRUS. Clouds in this Modification appear to have the least density, the greatest elevation,...
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The Guide to Knowledge, Volume 1

William Pinnock - 1833 - 738 pages
...CUMULO-CIRHO-STRATDS, or NIMBUS, the RAIN-CLOUD; that form into which the.other clouds resolve previously to rain. It is a horizontal sheet, above which the cirrus spreads while the cumulus enters it sideways, or from beneath. (O.) The Cirrus appears low and thick before a storm, and usually in a quarter...
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The Earth: Its Physical Condition and Most Remarkable Phenomena

William Mullinger Higgins - 1836 - 514 pages
...superadding a wide-spread structure to its base. 2. CUMULO-ÓIRRO-STRATUS, or NIMBUS, the rain-cloud. A cloud, or system of clouds, from which rain is falling....the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. For this classification of clouds, which is sufficient y accurate for the present state of the science...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 78

1836 - 422 pages
...horizontal arrangement. Compound Modifications. 2. CUMULO-CIRRO-STRATUS, or NIMBUS, the rain-cloud. A cloud, or system of clouds, from which rain is falling....the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. 1. CUMULO-STRATUS ; the cirro-stratus blended with the cumulus, and either appearing intermixed with...
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The Popular Encyclopedia;: pt. 1: On the rise and progress of literature ...

Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1836 - 502 pages
...(i.)—Cumulo-cirro-stratus, or Nimbus, the rain-cloud, a cloud or system of clouds from which ram is falling, above which the cirrus spreads, while the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath (1'late XV. Nos. 7 and 8.)—The Fall-Cloud, resting apparently on the surface of the ground (Plate...
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