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" Possibly, experience has long ago taught gardeners the superior advantage of defending tender vegetables, from the cold of clear and calm nights, by means of substances not directly touching them ; though I do not recollect ever having seen any contrivance... "
An Essay on Dew: And Several Appearances Connected with it - Page 116
by William Charles Wells - 1815 - 150 pages
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An Essay on Dew: And Several Appearances Connected with it

William Charles Wells - 1815 - 168 pages
...ago taught gardeners the superior advantage of defending tender vegetables, from the cold of cleaj and calm nights, by means of substances not directly...they had acquired during the day. It appearing to me, however, that, on clear and calm nights, those ,on which plants frequently receive much injury...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 12

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1815 - 558 pages
...concerned, are regarded as useful during a cold night, to the plants which touch them, or are near them, only in two ways ; first, by the mechanical...they had acquired during the day. It appearing to me, however, that on clear and calm nights, those on which plants frequently receive much injury from...
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Two Essays: One, Upon Single Vision with Two Eyes; the Other, On Dew; A ...

William Charles Wells - 1818 - 554 pages
...grass, which was sheltered by a similar handkerchief actually in contact with it. On another night, the difference between the temperatures of two portions...they had acquired during the day. It appearing to me, however, that, on clear and calm nights, those on which plants frequently receive much injury from...
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Two Essays: One Upon Single Vision with Two Eyes; the Other on Dew

William Charles Wells - 1818 - 536 pages
...grass, which was sheltered by a similar handkerchief actually in contact with it. On another night, the difference between the temperatures of two portions...they had acquired during the day. It appearing to me, however, that, on clear and calm nights, those on which plants frequently receive much injury from...
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An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, comprehending the theory and practice of ...

John Claudius Loudon - 1822 - 1494 pages
...grass wlu'ch was sheltered by a similar handkerchief actually in contact with it. On another night, the difference between the temperatures of two portions...they had acquired during the day. It appearing to me, however, that, on clear and calm nights, those on which plants frequently receive much injury from...
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An encyclopædia of agriculture

John Claudius Loudon - 1825 - 1250 pages
...plants which they were meant to protect. 2256. Heat produced by wallt. Walls, Dr. Well» observes, as far as warmth is concerned, are regarded as useful,...touch them, or are near to them, only in two ways; 6rst, by the mechanical shelter which they aflbrd against cold winds, and secondly, by giving out the...
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An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the ...

John Claudius Loudon - 1826 - 1252 pages
...plants which they were meant to protect. 2256. Heat ¡induced by wallt. Walls, Dr. Well» observes, as far as warmth is concerned, are regarded as useful,...they had acquired during the day. It appearing to me, however, that, on clear and calm nights, those on which plants frequently receive much injury from...
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An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice ..., Volume 1

John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 1326 pages
...plants which they were meant to protect." 1 985. Heat produced by walls. " Walls," Dr. Wells continues " as far as warmth is concerned, are regarded as useful,...giving out the heat which they had acquired during 496 SCIENCE OF GARDENING. PART II. the day. It appearing to me, however, that, on clear and calm nights,...
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The Quarterly review, Volume 12

1815 - 560 pages
...concerned, are regarded as useful during a cold night, to the plants which touch them, or are near them, only in two ways ; first, by the mechanical...they had acquired during the day. It appearing to me, however, that on clear and calm nights, those on which plants frequently receive much injury from...
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Miscellaneous Works of the Late Thomas Young ..., Volume 2

Thomas Young - 1855 - 804 pages
...concerned, are regarded as useful during a cold night, to the plants which touch them, or are near them, only in two ways ; first, by the mechanical...they had acquired during the day. It appearing to me, however, that on clear and calm nights, those on which plants frequently receive much injury from...
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