The elements of natural philosophy : copiously illustrated by familiar experiments and containing descriptions of instruments, with directions for using : designed for the use of schools and academies (1856)
Sprague, A. W. (Alfred White), 1821-1891 · Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Company · leaf 66
valleys, provided the point of delivery be not higher thanthe source from whence it flows. The play of the property invirtue of which liquids maintain their level, explains an infinitevariety of important and interesting phenomena attending thecirculation of water on the surface of the globe. By… … HYDROSTATIC BELLOWS. 61 I T ural process of evaporation, the clouds become charged -withvapor, and are attracted by the lofty ridges of mountains, andall other elevated parts of the land around which they collect,and upon which they discharge their contents. The water thus deposited upon the…
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