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" I have found in midwinter, in this high latitude of 78° 50', the surface so nearly moist as to be friable to the touch; and upon the ice-floes, commencing with a... "
Out-door Papers - Page 354
by Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1886 - 370 pages
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volumes 66-67

740 pages
...friable to the touch ; and upon the ice-floes, commenting with a surface temperature of — 30°, 1 found at two feet deep a temperature of — 8°, 'at...became so familiar with afterwards at Etah yields ah uninterrupted stream throughout the year." And he afterwards shows that even the varying texture...
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The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance

1867 - 738 pages
...moist as to be friable to the touch ; and upon the ice-floes, commencing with a surface temperature of — 30°, I found at two feet deep a temperature...an uninterrupted stream throughout the year." And be afterwards shows that even the varying texture -and quality of the snow deposited during the earl...
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The Illustrated Magazine, Volumes 23-24

1867 - 746 pages
...moist as to be friable to the touch ; and upon the ice-floes, commencing with a surface temperature of — 30°, I found at two feet deep a temperature...he afterwards shows that even the varying texture jand quality of the snow deposited during the earl er and later portions of the Arctic winter have...
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Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of ..., Volume 1

Elisha Kent Kane - 1856 - 506 pages
...plant retains its vitality. The frozen subsoil does not encroach upon this narrow zone of vegetation. I have found in midwinter, in this high latitude of...— 8°, at four feet +2°, and at eight feet +26°. This was on the largest of a range of east and west hummock-drifts in the open way off Cape Stafford....
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Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of ..., Volume 1

Elisha Kent Kane - 1856 - 524 pages
...upon this narrow zone of vegetation. I have found in midwinter, in this high latitude of 78° SO7, the surface so nearly moist as to be friable to the...— 8°, at four feet +2°, and at eight feet +26°. This was on the largest of a range of east and west hummock-drifts in the open way off Cape Stafford....
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Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art ...

1857 - 424 pages
...as to be friable to the touch; and upon the ice floes commencing with a surface temperature of 80°, I found at two feet deep a temperature of— 8°, at four feet + 2°, and at 8 feet -|- 26°. My experiments prove that the conducting power of the snow is proportioned to its...
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The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art

1857 - 424 pages
...to be friable to tho touch ; and upon the ice floes commencing with a surface temperature of 80°, I found at two feet deep a temperature of — 8°, at four feet -f. 2°, and at 8 feet -f- 26". My experiments prove that the conducting power of the snow is proportioned...
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The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and ...

Georg Hartwig - 1869 - 602 pages
...high latitude of 78° 50' (Rensselaer Bay), while the surface temperature was as low as —30°, Kane found at two feet deep a temperature of — 8°, at four feet + 2°, and at eight feet -f 26°, or no more than six degrees below the freezingpoint of water. Thus covered by a warm crystal...
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The Polar World: a Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and ...

Georg Hartwig - 1869 - 500 pages
...rock. HOCKS AND ICE. 50' (Rensselaer Bay), while the surface temperature was as low as —30°, Kane found at two feet deep a temperature of - 8°, at four feet +2°, and at eight feet -j-26°,or no more than six degrees below the freezing-point of water. Thus covered by a warm crystal...
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The scientific and technical reader

Scientific and technical reader - 1869 - 408 pages
...be friable to the touch ; and upon the ice-floes, commencing with a surface temperature of— 80°, I found at two feet deep a temperature of— 8°, at four feet + 9°, and at eight feet + 26° ! My experiments prove that the conducting power of the snow is proportioned...
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