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 1141
he greater rarefaction of theair,which necessarily diminishes its absorbing power ; besides which the air isat a greater distance from the ground, which heats it by contact ; and finally,dry air is very diathermanous. The law of the diminution of temperature corresponding to greaterheights in the… … /ii\Pr^^ 411
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