 | John Towers (C.M.H.S.) - 1839 - 746 pages
...Cumulo-cirro-stratus" (from 2. 1. 3.) "vel Nimbus" (nimbus, possibly from vevi/ipai,—a shower); " the rain-cloud, a cloud or system of clouds from which rain is falling....the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath; (8.) the ' Fall cloud" 1 resting apparently on the surface of the ground." (1238). 147. Transitions... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 858 pages
...the latter, or superadding a wide1 structure to its base. 7. Citmtttti-cirro-stratus, nel nimbus, is the rain cloud. A cloud or system of clouds from which rain is falling. It is a horizontal sheet, abmo which the cirrus spreads, while the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. The cirrus appears,... | |
 | Julian R. Jackson - 1841 - 670 pages
...sky, in the direction in which the winds blow. The Cumulo-cirro-stratus, or nimbus, or rain-cloud, is a cloud or system of clouds from which rain is falling....the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. The Failcloud rests apparently upon the surface of the earth. The Cumulus or heap-cloud has the densest... | |
 | Julian R. Jackson - 1841 - 650 pages
...super-adding a wide spread structure to its base. The Cumulo-cirro-stratus, or nimbus, or rain-cloud, is a cloud or system of clouds from which rain is falling....the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. The Fallcloud rests apparently upon the surface of the earth. The Cirrus appears to have the least... | |
 | Julian R. Jackson - 1841 - 654 pages
...super-adding a wide spread structure to its base. The Cumulo-cirro-stratus, or nimbus, or rain-cloud, is a cloud or system of clouds from which rain is falling. It is a horizontal sheet, above which time cirrus spreads, while the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. The Fallcloud rests apparently... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1849 - 258 pages
...heaps of the latter, or superadding a wide-spread structure to its base. 7. Nimbus, or Rain-cloud, is a cloud, or system of clouds, from which rain is falling; it rests apparently on the earth. XII. RAIN. Rain is water, which, originally taken up into the atmosphere... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1865 - 86 pages
...CUMULO-CIRRO-STRATUS vel NIMBUS. Def. Nubes vel nubium congeries [superne cirrata] pluvium effundens. The Eain cloud. A cloud, or system of clouds from which rain...the Cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. * This application of the Latin word stratus is a little forced. But the substantive stratum, did not... | |
 | Edmund Alexander Parkes - 1866 - 718 pages
...band.. Cumulo-strafaa.—Cirro-stratus blended with the cumulus. Cumulo-cirro-stratus or Rain-cloud.—A horizontal sheet above which the cirrus spreads, while the cumulus enters it laterally or from below. Estimation of Amount of Cloud.—This is done by a system of numbers— 1 expresses... | |
 | James Africanus B. Horton - 1867 - 432 pages
...the intervals of showers, rain, snow, or hail. 4. Cumulo-cirro-stratw vel Nimbus.—The rain-cloud. It is a horizontal sheet above which the cirrus spreads,...the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. It forms a system of clouds from which rain is falling. Definition. Clouds are masses of visible vapour,... | |
 | James Africanus Beale Horton - 1867 - 408 pages
...the intervals of showers, rain, snow, or hail. 4. Cumulo-cirro-stratus ml Nimbus.—The rain-cloud. It is a horizontal sheet above which the cirrus spreads,...the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. It forms a system of clouds from which rain is falling. Clouds are masses of visible vapour, or visible... | |
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The Rain Cloud. A Cloud, or system of Clouds, from which rain is falling. It is a horizontal sheet, above which the Cirrus spreads, while the Cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. 
