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 286
m-stances, and also how it is possible that the hail-stones, afterhaving once become sufficiently large to fall by their own weight, can yetremain long enough in the air to increase to so considerable a size as \asometimes seen. A hail-storm generally lasts but a few minutes, very sel-dom as long… … 619. Hail-stones are generally pear-shaped, and if they are divided throughthe center, they wiU be found to be composed of alternate layers of ice andBnovr, arranged around a nucleus, like the coats of an onion. Hail-stonns occur most frequently in temperate climates, and rarely withinthe tropics.…
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