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" ... that they owe their existence, or at least their form, to that fluid. It is very probable that when two currents of dry air are moving different ways, the friction of the two surfaces may evolve electricity. Should these currents be of different temperatures,... "
Electro-magnetism: History of Davenport's Invention of the Application of ... - Page 48
by Benjamin Silliman (Sr.) - 1837 - 94 pages
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 12

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1832 - 624 pages
...which they always contain will bo deposited ; the electricity evolved will be taken up by that vapor, and will cause it to assume the vesicular state constituting a cloud. Thus we can see, in general, how clouds come to be formed, and how they contain electricity. This electricity...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 12

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1832 - 622 pages
...evolve electricity. Should these currents be of different temperatures, a portion of the vapor which they always contain will be deposited ; the electricity evolved will be taken up by that vapor, and will cause it to assume the vesicular state constituting a cloud. Thus we can see,...
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Encyclopædia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T ...

Encyclopaedia Americana - 1832 - 620 pages
...which they always contain will IM- deposited ; the electricity evolved will he taken up by that vapor, and will cause it to assume the vesicular state constituting a cloud. Thus we can see, in general, lïow clouils come to be formed, and how they contain electricity. This...
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The Connection of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - 1834 - 390 pages
...probably developes electricity; and if the strata be of different temperatures, a portion of the vapor they always contain will be deposited ; the electricity evolved will be taken up by the vapor, and will cause it to assume the vesicular state constituting a cloud. A vast deal oi electricity...
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On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - 1835 - 532 pages
...with it. As the electricity is either entirely positive or negative, the vesicles repel each other, which prevents them from uniting and falling down...electricity evolved will be taken up by the vapour, and cause it to assume the vesicular state constituting a cloud. A vast deal of electricity may be accumulated...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 12

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 620 pages
...which they always contain will In: deposited ; the electricity evolved will be taken up by that vapor, and will cause it to assume the vesicular state constituting a cloud. Thus we can see, in general, how clouds come to be formed, and how they contain electricity. This electricity...
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Chambers's Information for the People, Volume 2

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1842 - 866 pages
...evolve electricity. Should these currents bo of different temperatures, a portion of the vapour which they always contain will be deposited ; the electricity evolved will be taken up by that vapour, and will cause it to assume the vesicular state, constituting a cloud. Thus we can see,...
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A Treatise on the Causes and Principles of Meteorological Phenomena: Also ...

Graham Hutchison - 1843 - 684 pages
...evolve electricity. Should these currents be of different temperatures, a portion of the vapour which they always contain will be deposited ; the electricity evolved will be taken up by that vapour, and will cause it to assume the vesicular state constituting a cloud. Thus we can see...
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Wandering Thoughts, Or Solitary Hours

Philip Tocque - 1846 - 416 pages
...evolve electricity. Should these currents be of different temperatures, a portion of the vapour which they always contain will be deposited ; the electricity...assume the vesicular state, constituting a cloud. Thus we can see, in general, how clouds come to be formed, and how they contain electricity. This electricity...
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On the Connection of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...they always contain will be deposited ; the electricity evolved will be taken up by the vapor, and cause it to assume the vesicular state constituting...electricity may be accumulated in this manner, which may be either positive or negative. When two clouds, charged with opposite kinds, approach within a certain...
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