 In spring, this circumstance is often prevented from having a considerable effect by the opposite influence of northerly and easterly winds ; but during still and serene nights in autumn dew is almost always highly abundant. In the second place, dew is...  A Bibliography, Guide, and Index to Climate - Page 162by Alexander Ramsay - 1884 - 449 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 360 pages
...summer ? Because a greater difference is generally found between the temperatures of the day and the night, in the former seasons of the year than in the latter.* " I must go seek some dew-drops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear." — SHAKSPEARE. 714.... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 722 pages
...reason is, that a greater difference is generally found between the temperatures of the day and the night in the former seasons of the year than in the latter. Dew is always very copious on those clear and calm nights which are followed by misty or foggy mornings,... | |
 | 1884 - 472 pages
...preceding examples. In the first place, dew is commonly more plentiful in spring and autumn than iu summer; the reason is, that a greater difference is...and calm nights which are followed by misty or foggy (Paye 134) mornings, the turbidness of the air in the morning showing that it mu.-i have contained... | |
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