 | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - 1821 - 494 pages
...rarefied without being rendered cloudy by the precipitation of aqueous particles. It follows -then, that the air displaced suddenly from the surface of...moist air upon the surface of the ocean, as those from the north-east are by its accumulation on the Gulf of Mexico. But in the case of the Atlantic, there... | |
 | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - 1821 - 490 pages
...rarefied without being rendered cloudy by the precipitation of aqueous particles. It follows then, that the air displaced suddenly from the surface of...table land which at the lowest is 2000 feet higher. by the accumulation of warm moist air upon the surface of the ocean, as those from the north-east are... | |
 | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - 1821 - 496 pages
...rarefied without being rendered cloudy by the precipitation of aqueous particles. It follows then, that the air displaced suddenly from the surface of...never rises higher than the elevation mentioned by Uumboldt as infested by clouds. Of course, it never crosses the table land which at the lowest is 2000... | |
 | Edgar Fahs Smith - 1917 - 540 pages
...rarefied without being rendered cloudy by the precipitation of aqueous particles. It follows then, that the air displaced suddenly from the surface of...moist air upon the surface of the ocean, as those from the north-east are by its accumulation on the Gulf of Mexico. But in the case of the Atlantic, there... | |
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... and nine thousand feet Consistently with the chemical laws, which have been experimentally ascertained to operate throughout nature, air which has been in contact with water, can neither be cooled nor rarefied without being rendered cloudy by the... 