Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926 · Meadville, Penna., Flood and Vincent · leaf 249
ll orangespot has often appeared white : perhaps it is a moun- Clouds andsnow. 242 A Study of the Sky Inundations. Melting ofa cap. tain or high table-land, where snow falls readily. Pro-jections like saw-teeth are seen on the edge of the disc.Some of these may be large clouds floating high in… … Fig. -Projections on the Edge of the Disc. If lowlands adjoin a sea, their inundation would causesuch changes of appearance. When a polar cap is diminishing, a dark rim hasbeen seen about it, as if it were bordered by the watercoming from the melting cap. In 1892 the south polarcap dwindled very…
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