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A Dictionary of Science: Comprising Astronomy, Chemistry, Dynamics ... - Page 161
edited by - 1871 - 580 pages
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An Essay on Dew: And Several Appearances Connected with it

William Charles Wells - 1815 - 168 pages
...knowledge, smiled at the means frequently employed by gardeners, to protect tender plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible, that a thin mat, or...from attaining the temperature of the atmosphere, 1 ' Meteorolog. c. V5. by which alone I thought them liable to be injured. But, when I had learned,...
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An Essay on Dew: And Several Appearances Connected with it

William Charles Wells - 1815 - 174 pages
...knowledge, smiled at the means frequently employed by gardeners, to protect tender plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible, that a thin mat, or...from attaining the temperature of the atmosphere, * Meteorolog. c. vi. » by which alone I thought them liable to be injured. But, when I had learned,...
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A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...

Andrew Ure - 1821 - 436 pages
...half knowledge, at the means frequently employed by gardeners, to protect tender plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any...alone I thought them liable to be injured. But when 1 had learned, that bodies on the surface of the earth become, during a still and serene night, colder...
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A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...

Andrew Ure - 1821 - 436 pages
...half knowledge, at the means frequently employed by gardeners, to protect tender plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any...the temperature of the atmosphere, by which alone 1 thought them liable to be injured. But when I had learned, that bodies on the surface of the earth...
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The Technical repository, by T. Gill, Volume 9

Thomas Gill (patent-agent) - 1826 - 440 pages
...knowledge, smiled at the means frequently employed by gardeners to protect tender plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any...had learned that bodies on the surface of the earth became, during a still and serene night, colder than the atmosphere, by radiating their heat to the...
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An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the ...

John Claudius Loudon - 1826 - 1252 pages
...knowledge, smiled at the means frequently employed by gardeners, to protect tender plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible, that a thin mat, or...alone I thought them liable to be injured. But, when I liad learned, that bodies on the surface of the earth become, during a still and serene night, colder...
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A Dictionary of Chemistry: In which the Principles of the Science are ...

Andrew Ure - 1827 - 904 pages
...half knowledge, at the means frequently employed by gardeners to protect tender plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any...on the surface of the earth become, during a still arid serene night, colder than the atmosphere, by radiating their heat to the heavens, I perceived...
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A Dictionary of Chemistry and Mineralogy: With Their Applications

Andrew Ure - 1831 - 980 pages
...half knowledge, at the means frequently employed by gardeners to protect tender plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any...flimsy substance, could prevent them from attaining the température of the atmosphere, by which alone I thought them liable to be injured. But when I had...
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The Dublin University Magazine, Volume 1

1833 - 784 pages
...protect plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any such flimsy covering could prevent them from attaining the temperature of the atmosphere, by which alone 1 thought them liable to be injured. But when I had learned that bodies on the surface of the earth...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 1

1833 - 796 pages
...smiled in the pride of half knowledge at the means employed by gardeners to protect plants from cold, as it appeared to me impossible that a thin mat, or any such flimsy covering could prevent them from attaining the temperature of the atmosphere, by which alone I thought...
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