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" 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.... "
Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion - Page 393
by John Tyndall - 1870 - 541 pages
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The Intellectual Observer, Volume 3

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...
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The Intellectual Observer, Volume 3

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...
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A Preliminary Report on the Geology of New Brunswick: Together with a ...

Henry Youle Hind - 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...
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All the Year Round, Volume 14

1866 - 632 pages
...did not seem to lie aware of this one most important cause which contributes to the observed result. The 'absence of the sun at night causes powerful refrigeration...formed in this region at night. In Australia also, the diurnal_ range of temperature is very great, amounting, commonly, to between forty and fifty degrees....
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Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture ..., Volume 5

Michigan. Board of Agriculture, Michigan. State Department of 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...
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Commissioner of Agriculture

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...
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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture ...

United States. Department of 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...
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Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, 1865

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...
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, Volume 1

Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - 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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Friends' Weekly Intelligencer, Volume 23

1867 - 844 pages
...powerful refrigeration when the air is dry. The removal for a single summer night, of the aqueous vapor from the atmosphere which covers England, would be...every plant which a freezing temperature could kill. la Sahara, where " the soil is fire aud the wind i» flame," the refrigeration at night is often painful...
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