The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & GlaciersH.S. King & Company, 1873 - 192 páginas |
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... close attention and you will sometimes see a perfectly clear space between the funnel and the cloud . Through that clear space the thing which makes the cloud must pass . What , then , is this thing which at one moment is transparent ...
... close attention and you will sometimes see a perfectly clear space between the funnel and the cloud . Through that clear space the thing which makes the cloud must pass . What , then , is this thing which at one moment is transparent ...
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... close your eyes and press the eyelid with your finger - nail , a circle of light will be seen opposite to the point pressed , while a sharp blow upon the eye produces the impression of a flash of light . There is a nerve specially ...
... close your eyes and press the eyelid with your finger - nail , a circle of light will be seen opposite to the point pressed , while a sharp blow upon the eye produces the impression of a flash of light . There is a nerve specially ...
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... close to the sur- face , and they heat the water at the surface , thus causing it to evaporate ; the light - waves at the same time entering to great depths without sensibly heating the water through which they pass . Not only , there ...
... close to the sur- face , and they heat the water at the surface , thus causing it to evaporate ; the light - waves at the same time entering to great depths without sensibly heating the water through which they pass . Not only , there ...
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... close inspection ascertain their as- sailable points , and there attack them . In the Alps as elsewhere wonderful things may be done by looking steadfastly at difficulties , and testing them wherever they appear assailable . We thus ...
... close inspection ascertain their as- sailable points , and there attack them . In the Alps as elsewhere wonderful things may be done by looking steadfastly at difficulties , and testing them wherever they appear assailable . We thus ...
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... Close at hand is one of the noblest peaks in this portion of the Alps , the Aiguille Verte . It is between thirteen and fourteen thousand feet high , and down its sides , after freshly - fallen snow , avalanches incessantly thunder ...
... Close at hand is one of the noblest peaks in this portion of the Alps , the Aiguille Verte . It is between thirteen and fourteen thousand feet high , and down its sides , after freshly - fallen snow , avalanches incessantly thunder ...
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