The book of the sky; a résumé of personal experience and observation (1922)
Luckiesh, Matthew, b. 1883 · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company · leaf 50
o consist of a vast numberof smooth surfaces oriented in a haphazard man-ner just as they happened to be chipped by thesandblast. This magnified roughened glass ap-pears similar to ordinary chipped glass. If asheet of clear glass be finely pulverized thepowder is as white as snow and still each… … THE FORMATION OF CLOUDS 27 water-vapor by reflecting light in all directionsgive the body a translucent and luminous appear-ance. Air is able to hold a certain percentage of water-vapor but its capacity depends upon its tempera-ture. For example, warm air is able to retain agreater percentage of…
Atmosphere, Upper · Clouds · Aeronautics
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