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The world: (1848)

Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 146

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or evening mists, whichrising in the morning form into small clouds whilst the rest oflhesky becomes clearer. About sunrise two or more of these uniteand form a stack en-cloud. In the evening it again subsides giv-ing place to the stratus or fall cloud. In our engraving the cu-mulus is seen above… … The Cirro-stratus is often called a mackerel sky, and is seenin fine summer evenings, it is generality called the wave-cloudon account of its frequent alterations of figure. It is formed ata great height and presents many varieties and is sometimes seenas a thin extensive sheet covering the…

Astronomy · Meteorology · Geology · Paleontology

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