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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... "
Outlines of astronomy - Page 285
by sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1864 - 729 pages
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Astronomy

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...
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Astronomy

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...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 21

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,...
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The Horticultural Register, Volume 3

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...
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Scriptural Studies. The Creation. The Christian Scheme. The Inner Sense

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...
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Youth's Book of Astronomy

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...
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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

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,...
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Hand-books of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, Volume 3

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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