Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 1035
cquires the mean temperature of the two, but can onlyretain a portion of the vapour in the invisible condition, and a cloud or mistis formed. Thus, suppose a cubic metre of air at io° C. mixes with a cubicmetre of air at 20° C, and that they are respccti\cly saturated with aqueousvapour. By formula… … -983] Rain. 1009 produce two cubic metres of air at 15° C. ; but as the weight of waterrequired to saturate this is only 2 x 12-8 = 25-6 grammes, the excess, 1-429gramme, will be deposited in the form of mist or clouds. 983. Rain.—When the individual vapour-vesicles become larger andheavier by the…
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