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... Outlines of astronomy - Page 285by sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1864 - 729 pagesFull view - About this book
| sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...little instrument called a cryophorus. The consequence must be absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant accretion of hoar frost in the opposite region,...and mitigate the extreme severity of both climates. (365.) A circle of one second in diameter, as seen from the earth, on the surface of the moon, contains... | |
| Sir John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1833 - 444 pages
...little instrument called a cryophorus. The consequence must he absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant accretion of hoar frost in the opposite region,...and mitigate the .extreme severity of both climates. (365.) A circle of one second in diameter, as seen from the earth, on the surface of the moon, contains... | |
| 1833 - 468 pages
...little instrument called a cryophonis. The consequence must be absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant accretion of 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,... | |
| Horticulture - 1834 - 550 pages
...instrument called a cryopliortis. The consequence must be absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant accretion of hoar 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... | |
| William Hill Tucker - Bible - 1838 - 512 pages
...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 hemisphere. Owing to the want of air, however, it seems impossible that any form of life analogous to those on... | |
| John Lee Comstock - Astronomy - 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Science - 1842 - 496 pages
...little instrument called a cryophorus. The consequence must be absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant accretion of 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,... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - Astronomy - 1854 - 870 pages
...consequence, as he observes, of this state of things, would be absolute aridity below the vertical sun, constant accretion of hoar frost in the opposite region,...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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