The Air and Its Mysteries |
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PLATE | 30 |
towers and torrents | 60 |
Miles Magister airplane entering clouds | 68 |
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acoustic horizon airplane amount Ångström anti-cyclones appear atmos atmosphere aurora balloon barograph barometer birds blue British Isles caused climate clouds coast cold color cosmic rays cumulo-nimbus currents discharge dust earth effect electricity Elmo's Fire England fact fall feet flash flying forecasts ground heard heat height horizon horse latitudes hour Ice Age inch insects instance isobars James Glaisher Krakatoa land latitude layers of air light meteor Meteorological microphones miles mirage moisture moon mountains night northern hemisphere observations Observatory owing oxygen particles Plate polar pressure pterodactyl radiation rain rainfall rays reached record refraction regions result seen shadow ship snow sometimes sound sound-waves South speed storm stratosphere summer surface temperature thunder thunderstorms tion tropical tropopause United upper air vapor visible warm waves Weather Bureau wind wings winter zone of silence