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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. "
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E ... - Page 148
by Encyclopaedia - 1845
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Glossary of navigation

John Bradley Harbord - 1883 - 472 pages
...Nimbus (L. the raiu-cloud).—A cloud or system of clouds from which raiu is falling. It consists of a horizontal sheet, above which the cirrus spreads,...the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. In Admiral Fitzroy's system there are four primary classes of clouds :— 1. Cirrus; 2. Stratus; 3....
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Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day

Ralph Abercromby - 1887 - 518 pages
...strato-cumulus, that forms from or under cirrostratus in front of extra tropical cyclones. Howard calls nimbus " a cloud, or system of clouds, from which rain is falling....the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath." Hildebrandson uses the word in a more contracted signification, aud reserves the name of nimbus for...
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Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day

Ralph Abercromby - 1887 - 554 pages
...strato-cumulus, that forms from or under cirrostratus in front of extra tropical cyclones. Howard calls nimbus " a cloud, or system of clouds, from which rain is falling. It is a horizontal sheet, above which the cirms spreads, while the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath." flildebrandson uses the word...
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A Manual of practical hygiene

Edmund Alexander Parkes - 1891 - 848 pages
...Cumulo-stratus. — Stratus blended with cumulus. Cumulo-cirro-stratits, Nimbus, or Rain-cloud. — A horizontal sheet above which the cirrus spreads, while the cumulus enters it laterally or from below. Of the above forms Nos. 1, 2, and 3 of the plate (copied by permission from Mr Scott's...
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Meteorology: The Elements of Weather and Climate

Henry Newton Dickson - 1893 - 236 pages
...of the latter, or superadding a widespread structure to its base. 7. CUMULO-CIRRO-STRATUS OR NIMBUS. The rain cloud. A cloud, or system of clouds, from which rain is falling. This classification is undoubtedly meagre, and although none of the efforts to improve upon it have...
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On the Modifications of Clouds

Luke Howard - 1894 - 70 pages
...to its base. 7. CUMULO-CIRRO-STRA'ITS vel NUfBUS. Def. Nubes vel nubium congeries pluviam effundens. The rain cloud. A cloud or system of clouds from which...the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. Of Hte Cirrus. Clouds in this modification appear to have the least density, the greatest elevation,...
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Meteorology, Practical and Applied

John William Moore - 1894 - 492 pages
...of dark cloud. 4. "Nimbus" (nim.). This is the "rain cloud," according to Howard, who defines it as "a cloud or system of clouds from which rain is falling....' cumulus' enters it laterally and from beneath." As so defined, it is really the "shower cloud," or a mass of cumulus which is being rapidly condensed...
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Glossary of Navigation: A Vade Mecum for Practical Navigators

John Bradley Harbord - 1897 - 554 pages
...Nimbus (L. the rain-cloud).—A cloud or system of clouds from which rain is falling. It consists of a horizontal sheet, above which the cirrus spreads,...the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. In Admiral Fitzroy's system there are four primary classes of clouds :—1. Cirrus ; 2. Stratus ; 3....
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Weather Lore: A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, and Rules Concerning the ...

1898 - 266 pages
...cloud—a cloud or system of clouds from which rain (NIMBUS. ; is falling. It is a horizontal sheet over which the cirrus spreads, while the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath.—HOWARD. By watering He wearieth the thick cloud.—JOB xxxriL It. TVt*. The hair of som-...
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Meteorology practical and applied

Sir John William Moore - 1910 - 556 pages
...dark cloud. 4. " Nimbus " (nim.). This is the " rain cloud," according to Howard, who defines it as " a cloud, or system of clouds, from which rain is falling....' cumulus ' enters it laterally and from beneath." As so defined, it is really the " shower cloud," or a mass of cumulus which is being rapidly condensed...
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