The Rain Cloud

The Rain Cloud - or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World

rains peculiar to each seasonspring showersmidsummer rainsrains of autumn and wintermeans of supplying the earth with rainrain cloudsdeceptive appearances of cloudstheir light and shadeeffects of clouds in mountainous countriesascent of monte pientioascent to the peak of teneriffegrand effects of clouds in the pyreneesvoyage in a balloon through the clouds. effects of rain in mountainous districtsthe district of moraythe great floods of 1829commencement of the rainthe swollen riversdisastrous effects of the floodmeans adopted for the rescue of cottagerskerr and his brave deliverersrescue of funns and his familyfloods of the rhone in 1840overflowing of the mississippi. various forms of cloudsthe cirrus, or curl-cloudthe cumulus, or stacken-cloudthe stratus, or fall-cloudthe cirro-cumulus, or sonder-cloudthe cirro-stratus, or wane-cloudthe cumulo-stratus, or twain-cloudthe nimbus, or rain-cloudarrangement of rain-cloudsappearances of a distant showerscudcause of rainformation of cloudsmistsheights of cloudsappearance of the sky above the clouds. method of measuring the quantity of rain that fallsthe rain gaugemethods of observing for rain and snoweffects of elevation on the quantity of raindifference between the top of a tall building and the summit of a mountainsize of drops of rainvelocity of their fallp. 7quantity of rain in different latitudesextraordinary falls of rainremarks on the rain of this countryinfluence of the moonabsence of rainremarkable drought in south americaits terrible effects and consequencesartificial rains. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 30706
Author: Tomlinson, Charles
Release Date: Dec 18, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English