 The author has made over 300 sketches of raindrops, and has gathered some interesting facts respecting their variation in size, form, and distribution. Sheets of slate in a book form, which could be instantly closed, were employed ; these were ruled in...  The Observatory - Page 2461892Full view - About this book
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1892 - 328 pages
...and distribution ; and a few of the more interesting have been selected in illustration (Plato X.). Some drops produce a wet circular spot; whilst others,...varies considerably in the amount of water it contains, some of the drops on the slate are nearly flat, and others more or less spherical ; the former cannot... | |
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1892 - 348 pages
...few of the more interesting have been selected in illustration (Plato X.). Some drops produce a wot circular spot; whilst others, falling with greater...varies considerably in the amount of water it contains, some of the drops on the slate are nearly flat, and others more or less spherical ; the former cannot... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1892 - 434 pages
...circular spot; whilst others, falling with greater force, have splashes around the drops. The same-sized drop varies considerably in the amount of water it...from an almost invisible point to that of at least two inches in diameter. Occasionally large drops fall that must be more or less hollow, as they fail... | |
 | 1892 - 930 pages
...wet circular spot; while others, falling with greater force, have splashes around the spots. The game drop varies considerably in the amount of water it...the drop ranges from an almost invisible point to at least two inches in diameter. Occasionally large drops fall that must be more or less hollow, as... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1892 - 728 pages
...— The following papers were read : — Raindrops, by Mr. EJ Lowe, FRS The author has made over 300 sketches of raindrops, and has gathered some interesting...less hollow, as they fail to wet the whole surface inclosed within the drop. Besides the ordinary raindrops, the author exhibited diagrams, showing the... | |
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1892 - 646 pages
...and distribution ; and a few of the more interesting have been selected in illustration (Plato X.). Some drops produce a wet circular spot; whilst others,...varies considerably in the amount of water it contains, some of the drops on the slate are nearly flat, and others more or less spherical ; the former cannot... | |
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