Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied : for the use of colleges and schools (1906)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901, Reinold, A. W. (Arnold William), 1843-1921 · New York : Wood · leaf 1118
It is lower nearer the poles than the equator : itdoes not depend solely on the latitude, but is influenced by many localcircumstances. Sleet is also solidified water, and consists of small icy needles pressedtogether in a confused manner. Its formation is ascribed to the suddencongelation of the… … V\g. 1042 converted into a continuous sheet of ice ; this is known as glazed frost (theFrench verglas); it may also occur when raindrops which have been cooledbelow zero in the higher regions of the air, and are accordingly in a state ofsuperfusion (348), fall on the ground, which may even be above…
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