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" The consequence must be absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant accretion of hoar frost in the opposite region, and, perhaps, a narrow zone of running water at the borders of the enlightened hemisphere.' It is possible, then, that evaporation... "
Astronomy - Page 230
by Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 422 pages
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 21

1833 - 468 pages
...distillation in vacua after the manner of the little instrument called a cryophonis. The consequence must be absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant...hoar frost in the opposite region, and, perhaps, a narrower zone of running water at the borders of the enlightened hemisphere. It is possible, then,...
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The Horticultural Register, Volume 3

1834 - 550 pages
...in racito, after the manner of the little instrument called a cryopliortis. The consequence must be absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant...frost in the opposite region, and perhaps a narrow /.one of running water, at the borders of the enlightened hemisphere. It is possible, then, that evaporation...
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Scriptural Studies. The Creation. The Christian Scheme. The Inner Sense

William Hill Tucker - 1838 - 512 pages
...distillation in vacuo after the manner of the little instrument called a cryophorus. The consequence must be absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant accretion of hoar frost in the * Vol. ip 48. opposite region, and perhaps, a narrow zone of running water at the borders of the enlightened...
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Youth's Book of Astronomy

John Lee Comstock - 1838 - 266 pages
...water, while the other half would be colder than the regions of our north pole. It is possible, however, that evaporation on the one hand, and condensation on the other, may mitigate the temperatures of each, and render the climate tolerable. The lunar seasons consist of these...
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A sketch of the the life of the rev. John Brown, sometime minister ... in ...

Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...keenest severity of frost, far exceeding that of our polar winters, for an equal time. It is possible that evaporation on the one hand, and condensation...and mitigate the extreme severity of both climates. Owing to the small density of the materials of the moon, and the comparatively feeble gravitation of...
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The Christian lady's magazine, ed. by Charlotte Elizabeth, Volume 11

Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 598 pages
...severity of frost far exceeding that of our polar regions, for an equal space of time. It is possible that evaporation on the one hand, and condensation on the other, may tend to equalize the seasons, and mitigate the extreme severity of both climates. By our not observing...
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The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art, Volume 1

1842 - 496 pages
...distillation in vacua after the manner of the little instrument called a cryophorus. The consequence must be absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant...hoar frost in the opposite region, and, perhaps, a narrower zone of running water at the borders of the enlightened hemisphere. It is possible, then,...
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Outlines of Astronomy

John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 672 pages
...distillation in vacua after the manner of the little instrument called a cryopliorus. The consequence must be absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant...of running water at the borders of the enlightened hemisphere.f It is possible, then, that evaporation on the one hand, and condensation on the other,...
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Hand-books of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, Volume 3

Dionysius Lardner - 1854 - 870 pages
...familiar experiment of the CRYOPHORTJS. The consequence, as he observes, of this state of things, would be absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant...water at the borders of the enlightened hemisphere. He conjectures that this rapid alternation of evaporation and condensation may to some extent preserve...
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Outlines of Astronomy

John Frederick William Herschel - 1851 - 706 pages
...then, that evapo• A* observed by myself in the eclipse of Oct. 13. 1837. f So in ed. of 1833. ration on the one hand, and condensation on the other, may...and mitigate the extreme severity of both climates ; but this process, which would imply the continual generation and destruction of an atmosphere of...
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