On the solution of ice on inland waters

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Abstract
FROM the first settlement of this country, the people residing near some of our inland waters have observed that the great fields of ice, which covered these waters during the winter, have broken up at the approach of spring and disappeared 50 suddenl'y, as to excite the astonishment of all who beheld it.At the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Springfield, Mass., General Totten stated that he bad known the ice to disappear from the whole surface of Lake Champlain in a single night, when the ice was many inches in thickness, though it had previously lost much of its solidit.y.lIn the year 1859, for the purpose of investigating this subject, I commenced a series of observations on the waters and ice of a little lake about one mile long by half a mile broad and twentya The following parugraph was extensively drculated in the public papers a few yenrs ago.Some expressed doubts respecting the accuracy of the figurp.~.hut no explanation.00 far as I observed.was offered.As Adelaide is situated nenr the coast (Int.35° S.), the wind spoken of wus doubtless from the inllll-ior.and that circumstance in connection with wbut has been bere set forth, would fully explain the high hent described.Au.lralian Heat.-TheSumpter (S.C.) Watchman publishes the following ex, tract from a private letter, dated Adelaide.Feb. 18, ) 858 :-" I cun assure you we have nearly been roasted alive: we have had ten days ond nights of the hottest weather remembered for se,"ernl years past.The heat lit noon in the shade was 136 0 to 1411°, according to situation.and during the night, it was never less than 94 0 to 1060 in-doOl'S.The hot wind never censel!blowing.
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Authors B. F. Harrison
Journal american journal of science
Year 1863
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10.2475/ajs.s2-35.103.49
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https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s2-35.103.49
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