 | Arthur Thomas Simmons, Ernest Stenhouse - 1912 - 456 pages
...man. Remove for a single summer night the aqueous vapour from the air which overspreads this country, and you would assuredly destroy every plant capable...an island held fast in the iron grip of frost." the radiation of heat, and consequently there the difference between the highest temperature of the lunar... | |
 | William Edward Tottingham, Joseph Waite Ince - 1916 - 444 pages
...overspreads this country, and every plant capable of being destroyed by a freeezing temperature would perish. The warmth of our fields and gardens would pour itself...upon an island held fast in the iron grip of frost." Relation of Water to the Soil. Water is one of the most important factors concerned in the formation... | |
 | James Rodger Fleming - 1998 - 209 pages
...man. Remove for a single summer-night the aqueous vapour from the air which overspreads this country, and you would assuredly destroy every plant capable...rise upon an island held fast in the iron grip of frost.20 Meteorological and Climatological Implications minimum nighttime temperatures and the formation... | |
 | Spencer R. Weart - 2003 - 244 pages
...England than clothing is to man. Remove for a single summer-night the aqueous vapor from the air ... and the sun would rise upon an island held fast in the iron grip of frost."6 So if something dried out the atmosphere, that might cause an ice age. At present, the atmosphere's... | |
 | Kenneth R. Lang - 2007 - 284 pages
...radiation. If the heat-trapping gases were removed from the air for a single night, Tyndall announced, then "the warmth of our fields and gardens would pour itself...an island held fast in the iron grip of frost." The Earth might become a frozen globe without the heat-trapping gases, and it could also become noticeably... | |
 | Gabrielle Walker, David King - 2008 - 291 pages
...by greenhouse gases, our planet would be frozen and lifeless. Or, as Tyndall put it more poetically: "The warmth of our fields and gardens would pour itself...upon an island held fast in the iron grip of frost." Second, a little greenhouse gas goes a very long way. Watch out for people who say that greenhouse... | |
 | 1863 - 482 pages
...man. Remove for a single summer-night the aqueous vapor from the air which overspreads this country, and you would assuredly destroy every plant capable...island held fast in the iron grip of frost. The aqueous vapor constitutes a local dam, by which the temperature at the earth's surface is deepened : the dam,... | |
 | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1864 - 526 pages
...Remove for a single summer night the aqueous vapor from the air which overspreads this country, and yon would assuredly destroy every plant capable of being...island held fast in the iron grip of frost. The aqueous vapor constitutes a local dam, by which the temperature at the earth's surface is deepened : the dam,... | |
 | Studenys At The College Cirencester - 1876 - 180 pages
...Meteorology. "Remove for a single night the aqueous vapour, from the air which overspreads this country, and you would assuredly destroy every plant, capable of being destroyed by a freezing temperature." At pages 423 and 424 he writes :—" This aqueous vapour is a blanket, more necessary to the vegetable... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 862 pages
...temperature. The warmth of your fields and gardens would pour itself unrequited into space, and the summer sun would rise upon an island held fast in the iron grip of frost." » Astronomy of the Invisible. — A few months ago M. Leverrier informed the Academic des Sciences... | |
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Remove for a single summer night the aqueous vapour from the air which overspreads this country, and you would assuredly destroy every plant capable of being destroyed by a freezing temperature. The warmth of our fields and gardens would pour itself unrequited... 
