 | 1864 - 382 Seiten
...into space, and the sun would rise upon a land held fast in the iron grip of frost. The aqueous vapor constitutes a local dam, by which the temperature...all that we receive from the sun. The sun raises the vapors of the equatorial ocean ; they rise, but for a time a vapor screen spreads above and around... | |
 | 1865 - 372 Seiten
...into space, and the sun would rise upon a land held fast in the iron grip of frost. The aqueous vapor constitutes a local dam, by which the temperature...all that we receive from the sun. The sun raises the vapors of the equatorial ocean ; they rise, but for a time a vapor screen spreads above and around... | |
 | 1867 - 378 Seiten
...into space, and the sun would rise upon a land held fast in the iron grip of frost. The aqueous vapor constitutes a local dam, by which the temperature...all that we receive from the sun. The sun raises the vapors of the equatorial ocean ; they rise, but for a time a vapor screen spreads above and around... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1868 - 560 Seiten
...DISl'Ol'RSE ON RADIATION. 373 iron grip of frost. The aqueous vapour constitutes a local dam, by wliich the temperature at the earth's surface is deepened...raises the vapours of the equatorial ocean ; they rise, hut for a time a vapour screen spreads above and around thorn. But the higher they rise, the more they... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1869 - 566 Seiten
...the iron grip of frost. The aqueous vapour constitutes a local dam, by which the temperature at tho earth's surface is deepened : the dam, however, finally...all that we receive from the sun. ' The sun raises tho vapours of the equatorial ocean ; they rise, but for a time a vapour screen spreads above and around... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - 1871 - 620 Seiten
...necessary to the vegetable life of England than clothing is to man. Remove for a single summer night the aqueous vapour from the air which overspreads...we give to space all that we receive from the sun." 3. T/ie neighbourhood of ocean currents exercises a very powerful influence on the climate of a country.... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1872 - 484 Seiten
...grip of frost. The aqueous vapour constitutes a local dam, by which the temperature at the earth-i surface is deepened : the dam, however, finally overflows, and we give to spnce all that we receive from the sun. The sun raises the vapours of the equatorial ocean ; they rise,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1873 - 582 Seiten
...space, and the sun would rise upon an island held fast in the iron grip of frost. The aqncons vapor constitutes a local dam, by which the temperature...that we receive from the sun. " The sun raises the vapors of the equatorial ocean ; they rise, but for a time a vapor-screen spreads above and around... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1875 - 610 Seiten
...in the iron grip of frost. The aqueous vapour constitutes a local dam, by which the temperature of the earth's surface is deepened ; the dam, however,...we give to space all that we receive from the sun. It is the absence of this screen, and the consequent copious waste of heat, that causes mountains to... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1877 - 450 Seiten
...warmth of our fields and gardens would pour itself unrequited into space, and the sun would rise on an island held fast in the iron grip of frost. The...we give to space all that we receive from the sun." Professor Tyndall'a Heat, a Mode of Motion, 694. Newton supposed that if a hot body be placed in a... | |
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The warmth of our fields and gardens would pour itself unrequited into space, and the sun -would rise upon an island held fast in the iron grip of frost. The aqueous vapour constitutes a local dam, by which, the temperature at the earth's surface is deepened:... 
