An Essay on Dew and Several Appearances Connected with itLongmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1866 - 175 pages |
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acquired actinometer Anemometer appears aqueous vapour Aristotle atmosphere attract dew Barometer become colder bodies bulb calm night CASELLA'S cause clear and calm clear sky clouds cloudy nights condensation consequence considerable cooled copiously covered degree of cold deposited dew forms dewy nights difference earth earth's atmosphere effect elevated equal Essay evaporation experiments fact favourable feet fluid formation of dew fully exposed Glaisher glass grains of wool grassplat greater ground heavens height hoarfrost Hygrometer inches increase instrument James Six Kew Observatory laid less lower mentioned mercury metal meteorological naked thermometer observed occurred pans parcels Patrick Wilson Plutarch produced production of dew quantity of dew radiant heat radiation of heat raised board rays reason received serene night similar situation sky at night snow solar straw substances sun's suspended swansdown terrestrial radiation thermometer placed Tyndall upper surface warmer watery vapour weather Wilson wind دو وو