The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Suppl, Volume 16Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 17
Page 447
... crystals appear in increasing num- bers among the supercooled droplets . Such a mixture of supercooled droplets and ice crystals is unstable , however . The cloudy air is usually only slightly supersaturated with water vapour with ...
... crystals appear in increasing num- bers among the supercooled droplets . Such a mixture of supercooled droplets and ice crystals is unstable , however . The cloudy air is usually only slightly supersaturated with water vapour with ...
Page 449
... crystals generally have a hexagonal pattern , often with beautifully intricate shapes . Three- and 12 - branched forms occur occasionally . The hexagonal form of the atmospheric ice crystals , their varying size and shape ...
... crystals generally have a hexagonal pattern , often with beautifully intricate shapes . Three- and 12 - branched forms occur occasionally . The hexagonal form of the atmospheric ice crystals , their varying size and shape ...
Page 450
... crystals is transformed into an ice cloud . The development of the anvil shape at the top of a towering cumulonimbus cloud shows this transformation very clearly . The larger ice particles overcome more readi- ly the rising tendency of ...
... crystals is transformed into an ice cloud . The development of the anvil shape at the top of a towering cumulonimbus cloud shows this transformation very clearly . The larger ice particles overcome more readi- ly the rising tendency of ...
Contents
CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
CHORDATES CHRISTIANITY | 251 |
Copyright | |
40 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
20th century administration agricultural army Basin became Buddhism canon law capital central centre Ch'ing Chekiang Chicago Chile Chinese Chou Christ Christian church cities Communist Confucian culture divine doctrine dynasty early east eastern economic emperor empire established foreign Fukien groups Hai-nan Han Chinese Han dynasty Holy Honan Hopeh Huai Huang Hui Chinese human Hunan Hupeh Imperial important industrial Inner Mongolia Japanese Jesus Kansu Kiangsi Kwangtung Kweichow Lake land Liaoning major Manchu Manchuria ment military Ming Ming dynasty modern Mongol Mountains Nationalist North China North China Plain northeast northern northwest officials organized Orthodox Peking period Plain plateau political population prefectures produced province reform reign Revolution River Roman Shang Shanghai Shantung Shensi shih Sinkiang social soils southeast southern Soviet Sung Szechwan T'ang Taoist Tibet Tibetan tion trade tradition Valley Western Yangtze Yüan Yunnan