Well's natural philosophy : for the use of schools, academies and privte students, introducing the latest results of scientific discovery and research ; arranged with special reference to the practical application of physical science to the arts and the experiences of everyday life ; with three hundred and seventy-five engravings (1873)
Wells, David A · New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. · leaf 244
in agreat degree by the temperature, dryness, still-ness, and density of the atmosphere. The effect of temperature in promoting evaporation may boperature influ- illustrated by placing an equal quantity of water in two sau-cers, one of which is placed in a warm and dry, and the otherin a cold and… … What circum-St;inces iiirtu-ence evapora-tion ? ence evapora-tion? 24.0 WELLSS NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. „ , ., When water is covered by a stratum of dry air, the evapo- Tlow does the • j i i Btate of the air ration is rapid, even when its temperature is low; whereas it oratrnT ^^^^ goes on very slowly…
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