| 单词 | freezing point |
| 例句 | When the morning came, a northwest breeze brought warmer air, raising the temperature almost up to the freezing point, but with rain and sleet falling, the men were still covered in ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z In the centigrade scale, zero degrees is the freezing point of water. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The global temperature of the Earth would be below the freezing point of water if not for the greenhouse effect. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The freezing point decreases and the boiling point increases.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It is the lowest temperature possible, a little more than 273 degrees Celsius below the freezing point of water. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z These solutes will raise the boiling point of water on the high end of the temperature range, and at the low end, they lower the freezing point of water. The science behind the scoop: Four key factors to consider when making ice cream 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z It’s the reason that viewers who have never worked a day away from an Aeron chair may know the dimensions and weight of a crab pot or the freezing point of synthetic transmission fluid. How Thom Beers Built a Reality-TV Empire 2012-12-16T23:37:47Z As we drove, the thermometer on the dashboard dropped to the freezing point. | Explorer: In Argentina, Glaciers by Way of Patagonia 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z As ice crystals start to form, the concentration of sugars and other dissolved materials in the unfrozen liquid increases, which further lowers its freezing point. How does ice cream work? A chemist explains why you can’t just freeze cream and expect results 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z It is this very property of freeze point depression that makes ice cream possible at all — served below water's freezing point, it is soft enough to scoop and chew. The science behind the scoop: Four key factors to consider when making ice cream 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Simply put, we can use multiple sweeteners to modify the freezing point — the relative firmness or softness — of an ice cream. The science behind the scoop: Four key factors to consider when making ice cream 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Different solutes — for the sake of this discussion, sweeteners — will lower the freezing point of water to different degrees. The science behind the scoop: Four key factors to consider when making ice cream 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Getting tissue below the freezing point while minimizing ice is crucial. How to deep freeze an entire organ—and bring it back to life 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z In this excerpt, he describes the treatment of prisoners working at a Siberian gold mine, including punishments such as the blackholes—“the warm one, and the cold one underground with a temperature at freezing point.” World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Then, on April 28: “Relationship with Zha has dropped to freezing point.” The Daring Ruse That Exposed China’s Campaign to Steal American Secrets 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The vessel collected data and images in an environment in which warm ocean water, in some places more than 2 degrees Celsius above the local freezing point, is weakening the glacier. Warming seas are carving into glacier that could trigger sea level rise 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Even around 1 p.m., with the mercury at the freezing point, Friday hinted at a growing potential for warmth. Friday night in D.C. was year’s coldest, and it’s getting colder 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z If an object warms too slowly, ice crystals can materialize as the tissue approaches the freezing point. How to deep freeze an entire organ—and bring it back to life 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z On Sunday morning, the temperature fell below the freezing point, plummeting to 29 degrees. Monday was as cold as Sunday, but also warmer 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Meyer lemons are fairly cold-tolerant, so for future reference, it can stay outdoors until temps approach the freezing point and that will help kill the gnats before bringing it in. What killed this boxwood? Experts provide advice to keep your garden thriving 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z When the temperature in the clouds and on the ground are both below 32 degrees — the freezing point of water — condensed water droplets become ice crystals and fall as snow. Seattle weather: How are freezing rain, sleet and hail different? 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z But some places could still see more snowfall than before, when rising temperatures are still below the freezing point. Why can a warming climate increase snowfall? 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z With a morning low of 30 degrees, two below the 32-degree freezing point of water, Friday earned some distinctions. Friday was Washington’s first officially freezing morning of fall 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z We will often use values such as boiling or freezing points, or enthalpies of vaporization or fusion, as indicators of the relative strengths of IMFs of attraction present within different substances. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z In our own solar system, for example, Venus has surface temperatures far above the boiling point of water and Mars has surface temperatures that are almost always below the freezing point of water. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Approximate the time when the temperature reaches the freezing point Let correspond to noon. Precalculus 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z This unique density curve means that water is most dense just above its freezing point and sinks. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Temperatures in the area could fall to freezing point, he added, noting that it would feel even colder if a person were wet. 12 Migrants Freeze to Death, Stripped by Greek Guards, Turkey Says 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Subtract the freezing point change observed from the pure solvent’s freezing point. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z However, salts dissolved in water lower its freezing point, as we know from the way salt is used to thaw roads after snow and ice forms during winter on Earth. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Residents bundled up against the wind as they waited in line under sunny skies, with the daytime high hovering around the freezing point. China’s Olympics COVID measures test residents’ patience 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Up through the teens we climbed, on through the 20s we rose, finally entering the more familiar meteorological realms above the freezing point. On Saturday, we climbed above freezing, but only for a few hours 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z The high temperature did claw its way above the freezing point, but only by a single, grudging degree: It was 33. Our coldest day in more than a year was not unbearably cold 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Osmotic pressure and the lowering of the freezing point are also the same for both solutions. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z But even if the temperature on a sunny summer day rises above the freezing point, the low pressure means that liquid water still cannot exist on the surface, except at the lowest elevations. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z They might last for days, even as temperatures fluctuate near the freezing point. See Strands of Ice That Look like Hair Build up on a Dead Tree Branch 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Our sojourn above the freezing point occurred amid visible signs that the Potomac River was responding to the thermometer by preparing to enter a new state. On Saturday, we climbed above freezing, but only for a few hours 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, he said, “the freezing point of water is non-negotiable.” A 'no snow' California could come sooner than you think 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The ions and compounds present in the water in the beef lower the freezing point of the beef below −1 °C. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z During this time, the temperature often does not rise above the freezing point of water. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z But with temperatures now near the freezing point on many nights, Rahmoni and others in migrant encampments along the Channel sense they could be stuck all winter unless they attempt to cross soon. At the English Channel, plans and prayers before perilous final leg in migrants’ long journeys 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Certain clouds contain large amounts of “supercooled liquid” water, or water that exists in a liquid state below the freezing point. Cloud seeding gains steam as West faces worsening droughts 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The controversy centers on a paper in the 15 October 2020 issue of Nature reporting the first material able to conduct electricity without electrical resistance above the freezing point of water. Criticism of room temperature superconductor ‘temporarily removed’ from journal 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Why does 1 mol of sodium chloride depress the freezing point of 1 kg of water almost twice as much as 1 mol of glycerin? Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Throughout the southern summer, it remains at the freezing point of CO2, 150 K, and this cold reservoir is thick enough to survive the summer heat intact. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Colder weather has already started to grip China, with the temperature forecast to fall to near freezing point in areas of the north, according to AccuWeather.com. Oil prices fall as weaker China growth, U.S. output stoke demand concerns 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Otherwise there was little spark during a first half in which the temperature dipped to freezing point. Emile Smith Rowe finds something extra to fire Arsenal past Newcastle 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z However, they go through different refining processes, which results in jet fuel being heavier, with a lower freezing point and more carbon atoms. Researchers unveil new method for converting carbon dioxide into jet fuel 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z These colligative properties include vapor pressure lowering, boiling point elevation, freezing point depression, and osmotic pressure. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z They increased sharply as temperatures began to approach the freezing point. Ice Drownings Expected to Rise as Winters Warm 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Outside temperatures were about at the freezing point. Trump supporters hospitalised after being stranded in freezing temperatures at late-night rally 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z That is more than 2 degrees warmer than the freezing point in that location, said David Holland, a New York University glaciologist. Unprecedented data confirms that Antarctica’s most dangerous glacier is melting from below 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The freezing point “is the most critical threshold among all temperatures,” David A. Robinson, New Jersey state climatologist and professor at Rutgers University’s department of geography, told the Post. The climate change "tipping point" has already arrived for these 70 U.S. counties 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z The solid-liquid curve for the solution is displaced left of that for the pure solvent, representing the freezing point depression, ΔTf, that accompanies solution formation. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z A headline on the website of the state broadcaster read, “Trump sends Denmark and the U.S.’s relationship to the freezing point.” In Denmark, Bewilderment and Anger Over Trump’s Canceled Visit 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z The freezing point “is the most critical threshold among all temperatures,” said David A. Robinson, New Jersey state climatologist and professor at Rutgers University’s department of geography. Extreme climate change in the United States: Here are America’s fastest-warming places Temperature on April 27 was abnormally low for so late in the season, the thermometer in London during the afternoon standing at about freezing point. From the archive 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Few fish could survive temperatures that were just above seawater’s freezing point, and they either migrated to warmer waters or went extinct. How the Icefish Got Its Transparent Blood and See-Through Skull 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z They include changes in the vapor pressure, boiling point, and freezing point of the solvent in the solution. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z The degree of freezing point depression depends on how salty the solution is. Salt Doesn't Melt Ice--Here's How It Makes Winter Streets Safer 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The greater the concentration of salt, the lower the freezing point. From Siberia, an Unlikely Cry: ‘We Need Greenpeace Out Here!’ 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z A solvent with a low freezing point served as the electrolyte to carry lithium ions between the electrodes. Even at super-low temperature, a battery can deliver a jolt 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Temperatures that morning were still below the freezing point around much of Ohio. Resident found outside Ohio nursing home dies of hypothermia 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Determine the new freezing point from the freezing point of the pure solvent and the change. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports temperatures fell just below the freezing point across most of Volusia County overnight Wednesday into Thursday. Hundreds of dead fish wash up on Florida beach in cold snap 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z The more saline the lower the freezing point, but -2 is exceptional. From Siberia, an Unlikely Cry: ‘We Need Greenpeace Out Here!’ 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z For the third day in a row, the mercury never climbed above the freezing point in Washington, and touched 32 degrees only briefly. Frigid weather hangs around the Washington area 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Forecasters expected the grim plunge to continue, dipping below the freezing point and heading toward a possible record low temperature Saturday morning. Friday was the coldest day in D.C. region in more than seven months 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The temperature at which the solid and liquid phases of a given substance are in equilibrium is called the melting point of the solid or the freezing point of the liquid. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Light penetrates only the top layers, and the vast, deep oceans are pitch-black, with temperatures just a few degrees above freezing point. Why are countries laying claim to the deep-sea floor? - BBC News 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z In late December a year ago, temperatures also briefly rose to around freezing point. Temperatures around North Pole leap close to melting point 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Granted, calling the waters reaching Totten at great depths “warm” is a bit of a misnomer —they are slightly below the freezing point. Scientists confirm that warm ocean water is melting the biggest glacier in East Antarctica 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z On Nov. 23 the mercury at Reagan National Airport fell to 32 degrees, the freezing point. Subfreezing weather arrives in Washington area 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Assuming ideal solution behavior, what is the freezing point of this solution? Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Russia-Ukraine ties are at the freezing point after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and support for insurgents in eastern Ukraine. World Digest: Nov. 21, 2016 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Relations between Russia and Ukraine are at freezing point after Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula more than two years ago, and support for pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine abducted two soldiers from Crimea, says Russia - BBC News 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z The shoot-down, which Putin called a “treacherous stab in the back,” brought relations to a freezing point where they remained for seven months until Erdogan apologized to Russia in June. Putin, Erdogan agree on steps to mend relations 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Leaving aside perennial disappointment Theo Walcott, he was particularly vapid against Man U. Another one of those performances and fans’ ardour will quickly cool to freezing point. Arsenal v Swansea City: Premier League – live! 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z When this solution is actually prepared and its freezing point depression measured, however, a value of 3.4 °C is obtained. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Many species of cold-resistant fish, insects and plants employ proteins that actively inhibit the formation of ice crystals, even though they do not lower water’s freezing point. Wait not in vain 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z After that it should get warmer — closer to the freezing point. North Korea's 'Big Cold' Strikes Again 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z With shelters full, blankets were provided to hundreds sleeping in the open with temperatures near the freezing point. The Latest: UN experts say force won’t stop migrants 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Leaving aside perennial disappointment Theo Walcott, he was particularly vapid against Man U. Another one of those performances and fans’ ardour will quickly cool to freezing point. Arsenal v Swansea City: Premier League – live! 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Use the direct proportionality between the change in freezing point and molal concentration to determine how much the freezing point changes. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z That might depress the freezing point of brine containing them to one which, at least in summer, permitted such brine to stay liquid. Blue streaks on a red planet 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z But salt can lower the freezing point of water and melt ice. Life on Mars? NASA says planet appears to have flowing water 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The water can run in such frigid conditions because the salts lower the freezing point of water, keeping it liquid far below 0C. Nasa scientists find evidence of flowing water on Mars 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z They are salts - magnesium perchlorate, chlorate and chloride - that can drop the freezing point of water by 80 degrees and its vaporisation rate by a factor of 10. Martian salt streaks 'painted by liquid water' - BBC News 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Hungary’s foreign minister says political relations with fellow European Union neighbor Croatia are at a “freezing point” and may improve only after parliamentary elections there expected by the end of the year. The Latest: Rain hits Greece, migrants scramble to stay dry 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The more alcohol you add, and the higher its proof, the lower the freezing point. Cocktail on a stick? Here's how to make 5 sweet booze popsicles 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z As temperatures fell below the freezing point, some residents woke up with damaged pipes and heaters. Frigid weather means work for some Ala. businesses 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Water is life, and it exists as a liquid between its boiling point and its freezing point. Temperature dips to 32 at Reagan National Airport There is a relatively narrow temperature range − just below freezing point − at which the heaviest snowfalls seem to occur. Less Snow Under Global Warming May Not Halt Blizzard Hazard 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Sea-ice formation and melt dictate the salt content of surface waters, affecting their density and freezing point. Polar research: Six priorities for Antarctic science Players and spectators at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford will still have to bundle up with temperatures expected to be around freezing point but chances of a major winter storm were quickly disappearing. Weather unlikely to be a factor at Super Bowl 2014-01-29T20:48:58Z For perspective, -136 ˚F is about as far below water’s freezing point as boiling is above that point. Found: The Coldest Place on Earth 2013-12-10T16:45:25.943Z Once the body reaches the cryonics facility it is cooled to just above water's freezing point and the blood is removed and replaced with organ preservation solution. Frozen body: Can we return from the dead? 2013-08-15T12:25:16Z That it is a sub-tropical summer resort with weather rarely nearing the freezing point is the most obvious. Boycott Putin! 2013-08-15T08:45:00Z The temperature is not forecast to rise above freezing point until the scheduled start at 9am raising major questions about whether the ground will be playable. Jos Buttler set to replace Craig Kieswetter for next ODI against India 2013-01-22T11:11:55Z Relations between the two countries were at "freezing point" he said. The Velvet Divorce 2013-01-20T17:49:06Z As their lungs and hearts slow, the rivers of blood flowing through their bodies dwindle and their core body temperatures plummet, dipping below the freezing point of . What the Supercool Arctic Ground Squirrel Teaches Us about the Brain's Resilience 2012-06-26T23:15:00.253Z Everywhere frost will not form while the sky is covered, although the temperature may be below the freezing point. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Usually, water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, but adding salt causes the freezing point to drop to as low as zero degrees Fahrenheit. Dangerous Games Your Kids Should Avoid 2012-04-10T15:30:00Z They had a somewhat chilling prospect before them, for as early as August 20th the pools were frozen over, snow on the ground, and the thermometer down to freezing point at noon. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z This mature form passes the winter in the ground and is active whenever the temperature is a few degrees above the freezing point. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z Their body temperatures dropped to –2.9 degrees Celsius, almost three degrees below the freezing point of freshwater and probably the lowest core body temperature ever recorded in a living mammal. What the Supercool Arctic Ground Squirrel Teaches Us about the Brain's Resilience 2012-06-26T23:15:00.253Z At a lower temperature water expands, its freezing point being 32° Fahrenheit, below which it forms ice. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The air is saturated with moisture, and the temperature barely above the freezing point. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z It is maintained at a constant temperature of -18°C. This is serious disaster preparedness: if its electricity were cut, Mr Fowler reckons the vault would take two centuries to warm to freezing point. Agricultural biodiversity: Banking against Doomsday 2012-03-08T16:00:34Z The temperature of our den came up to the freezing point. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z But during the night my thermometer on the grass registered 32°—the freezing point. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z At every temperature above freezing point water passes from the liquid into a gaseous state, the gas being termed steam. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The fuel also has a lower freezing point than regular disel, making it idea for cold climates. Making Cars Carnivores: Tyson Venture Turns Animal Fat Into Diesel 2012-02-17T22:36:25Z The mercury falls below the freezing point but a few times each season. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z Here, wrapped in their furs, where they choose to be, they huddle together, warm "as fleas in a rug," though the temperature is seldom higher than about the freezing point. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z For two weeks the thermometer did not rise above the freezing point. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z Cavendish and Black independently explained the anomaly, and each suggested the same method of determining the freezing point of mercury. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Bonus fact: Frozen fuel is more of a concern for airplanes, but there are ways to lower the freezing point of jet fuel. Winter Wonders: The Science of Cold 2011-12-26T19:45:08.647Z The writer remembers, in particular, one winter when, in consequence of the roof being under repair, the thermometer fell some eleven degrees below freezing point! Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z The cold was seventy-eight degrees below the freezing point. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Across huge areas, including much of central Alaska, permafrost is hovering just below the freezing point, and is expected to start thawing in earnest as soon as the 2020s. Temperature Rising: Warming Arctic Permafrost Fuels Climate Change Worries 2011-12-17T04:25:37Z Their nocturnal, and therefore disreputable habits, with our dislike for the blood-sucking propensity of a large specie, the vampire, has kept our interest in these otherwise harmless and clean creatures at rather freezing point. Lecture on Artificial Flight Given by request at the Academy of Natural Sciences 2011-11-24T03:00:42.240Z So the overall freezing point of gasoline is hard to pinpoint, but assuredly is quite low. Winter Wonders: The Science of Cold 2011-12-26T19:45:08.647Z It is necessary only that the temperature should be kept constantly and safely above the freezing point. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z These often sprout, and even throw out roots and leaves to a considerable length, in a temperature very little above the freezing point. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Except in closed seas like the Mediterranean the lower portions of the ocean are near the freezing point. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z In that of Fahrenheit, which is chiefly used in England, the freezing point of water is 32�, and the boiling point 212�. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The mean temperature throughout the journey was 30° below zero of Fahrenheit, or 62° below the freezing point of water. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z If kept simply above the freezing point, these trees will start into growth in January. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z It is necessary to operate with a number of different alloys of suitably chosen composition, and to observe the freezing points of each separately. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z A salinity of about 3.5 per cent at present lowers the freezing point of the ocean roughly 2°C. below that of fresh water. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z In that of Reaumur, which is chiefly used abroad, the freezing point of water is 0, and the boiling point 80. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z A fierce north-wester howled loudly through the rigging, the snow-drift rustled swiftly past, no star appeared through the oppressive gloom, and the thermometer varied between 76° and 80° below the freezing point. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z The middle floor space was above the freezing point. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The freezing points are generally best determined by observing the gradual cooling of a considerable mass, which is well stirred so long as it remains liquid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Since the dawn of geological time the earth's temperature has apparently always included the range from about the freezing point of water up to about the point where protoplasm begins to disintegrate. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z The heat at midsummer is probably never above freezing point; at midwinter the cold is so intense that one's eyes would freeze in their sockets if exposed to it. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z The melted mercury was allowed to fall into a tall ale-glass of water, the temperature of which had been reduced as nearly as possible to the freezing point. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z The temperature now remained steadily near the freezing point, and with the first days of July the barometer became unsteady. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Hydrates.—The simple case of a freezing point curve, illustrated in fig. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Reaumur, a Frenchman, proposed zero for the freezing point, and 80° for the boiling point, an arrangement inferior to the centigrade. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z Snow came on early in the evening in this district, when the thermometer was barely at freezing point and there was no wind. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z We may add, that so far as we have reason to believe, below the freezing point, no accession of cold produces any material change in ice. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z Burning but three pounds of oil all night, the almost liquid air was reduced to a normal temperature of freezing point. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z In this type the liquid gradually becomes more and more viscous as the temperature falls, and ultimately attains the rigidity characteristic of a solid, without any definite freezing point or latent heat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z For the freezing point, the bulbs, and a considerable portion of the tubes of the thermometers, are immersed in pounded ice. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z The official weather reports of the region for that night show that the temperature was thirty degrees above the freezing point. Ku Klux Klan Secrets Exposed Attitude toward Jews, Catholics, Foreigners and Masons. Fraudulent Methods Used. Atrocities Committed in Name of Order. 2011-04-28T02:00:15.077Z Wilhelmi, who is, as a comet, sometimes in the burning, sometimes in the freezing point of a sun, requires no joys than those of others to make him happy. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z The cold, though only at the freezing point, pierced our snow-pasted furs and brought shivers worse than that of zero's lowest. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It is contended that under enormous pressure the freezing points of the more fusible constituents might be raised above that of the quartz, if the latter is less affected by pressure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The fixed point corresponding to the temperature of melting ice is called the freezing point. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z Then you take a sitz-bath--can you imagine how that feels, four degrees above freezing point? Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z In all the history of that beautiful southern Californian town the thermometer had never been known to register freezing point. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z The march on June 14 was easy, with a bright warm sun and a temperature but little under the freezing point. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z But in the majority of cases it is more convenient to observe the freezing point as the liquid is cooled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The freezing point is marked 32°, the boiling point 212°, so that the intermediate space is divided into 180 equal parts, called degrees. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z During hibernation, these species reduce their body temperature to a point that approaches or even falls below the freezing point of water. Study Shows How Bears Hibernate: What It Means for Science 2011-03-11T18:00:00Z Most of the time it lingered at a few degrees below or a few above the freezing point. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Freeze-avoiding insects actively produce anti-freeze compounds – including glycerol, proteins, and sugars – that enhance their ability to supercool, allowing body fluids to remain unfrozen at temperatures even further below their freezing point. Winter stoneflies sure are supercool 2011-02-24T17:15:00.230Z But his method does not represent the true variation of the latent heat with temperature, since the freezing, in the case of a superfused liquid, really takes place at the normal freezing point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z In these the freezing point having been determined, the divisions of the scale are ascertained by careful comparisons, with a standard thermometer, in water of the requisite temperature. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z In winter the temperature often falls below the freezing point. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z About the same time Davy showed that two pieces of ice could be melted by rubbing them together in a vacuum, although 400 everything surrounding them was at a temperature below the freezing point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The freezing points and vapour pressures of solutions of sugar are also in conformity with the theoretical numbers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z The constancy of temperature at the normal freezing point is due to the equilibrium of exchange existing between the liquid and solid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The freezing point of water, 32°F., is the temperature to which all readings of barometers must be reduced, in order to make them fairly comparable. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z S. S. = Semi-solid; or like butter at 60° F. S. = Solid; or like butter at freezing point. Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology 2011-01-20T03:00:07.073Z From these experiments Joule obtained 72.692 foot-pounds in the latitude of Manchester as equivalent to the amount of heat required to raise 1 ℔ of water through 1� Fahr, from the freezing point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z At present, measurements of freezing point are more convenient and accurate than those of osmotic pressure, and we may test the validity of Arrhenius’ relations by their means. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z Substances which expand on freezing, like ice, have their freezing points lowered by increase of pressure; substances which expand on fusing, like wax, have their melting points raised by pressure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z He spoke slowly, for his anger, past a certain phase, touched the danger mark at freezing point. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z But though the weather had not been bitterly cold, it had lingered below the freezing point. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Temperatures at that altitude hit 20 degrees Celsius at the hottest part of the day and plunge to freezing point at night. Early humans lived in PNG highlands 50,000 years ago 2010-09-30T18:01:00Z Thermodynamic theory also indicates a connexion between the osmotic pressure of a solution and the depression of its freezing point and its vapour pressure compared with those of the pure solvent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z These impurities lower the water’s freezing point, and the little pockets may remain unfrozen within an otherwise solid chunk. Life?s Cold Start 2010-09-22T15:04:00Z Compared with sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup doesn’t mask flavors, has a lower freezing point and retains moisture better, which is useful in making foods like chewy granola bars. High-Fructose Corn Syrup?s New Name 2010-09-16T14:54:00Z But it is deep midwinter, and temperatures at night dip below freezing point. World Cup: European Teams' Game Face? It's a Snarl 2010-06-20T20:25:00Z The average minimum overnight temperature for January is usually at freezing point, but in Scotland it was regularly below -5C. 2010-02-02T11:38:00Z It is found that divergence has begun before the concentration has become great enough to enable freezing points to be measured with any ordinary apparatus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z That is just a bit below the minimum temperature of the Southern Ocean and about two full degrees lower than the freezing point of fish plasma that does not have antifreeze. 2010-01-19T17:25:00Z At a depth of 50 ft. the temperature is about 15 Fahr. below the freezing point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" In comparison with ice at 100� below the freezing point, it might be popularly called soft. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The smallness of the interval between the boiling and freezing points is noteworthy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Corresponding with this result we find that the freezing point of dilute solutions indicates that two pressure-producing particles per molecule are present. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z In order to prevent the soap from freezing, it is necessary to lower the freezing point by the addition of glycerine or alcohol. Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. He keeps the sick in a room whose temperature is very low,—little, if at all, above the freezing point,—in order that they may inhale a full supply of oxygen. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician He inferred that the lowering of the freezing point for every atmosphere of pressure amounted to .0075 of a degree Centigrade. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Still, though cold enough at times, the fact remained that the temperature of my prison never descended to the freezing point. Deep Moat Grange The measurements of freezing points of solutions at the extreme dilution necessary to secure complete ionization is a matter of great difficulty, and has been overcome only in a research initiated by E.H. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z We frequently find that two successive cryoscopic observations on the freezing point of the same colloidal solution will vary. The Mechanism of Life When the thermometer was 8° above the freezing point, the little animal curled himself up among a heap of papers, and went to sleep. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom At a temperature of several degrees below its freezing point ice is much harder than at 32�. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. An inhospitable mass of unbreathable gases, at temperatures fantastically lower than the freezing point of water. The Secret of the Ninth Planet At Valencia the thermometer fell seven degrees below freezing point. Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France The first step is to determine the freezing point of distilled water. The Mechanism of Life The zero of the Centigrade thermometer is the freezing point of water, or 32° of Fahrenheit. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes I have more than once cooled a sphere of the substance in a bath of solid carbonic acid and ether to a temperature of 100� below the freezing point. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. One would be much more comfortable in dry, still air, even if it were many degrees below zero, than in an air freighted with moisture, although the temperature has not fallen to the freezing point. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. The cold was twenty two degrees below freezing point, which is a very rare circumstance in the Roman states. Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France The lowering of the freezing point and the other corresponding constants are also quite insignificant. The Mechanism of Life Nor does the air lose its moisture when below the freezing point. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The snow which falls upon high mountain-eminences has often a temperature far below the freezing point of water. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. If the temperature is at the freezing point it will contain the 160th part of the atmosphere's own weight as aqueous vapor. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. Centigrade has 0° as the freezing point and 100° as the boiling point, while Fahrenheit has 32° as freezing point and 212° as boiling point. Dietetics for Nurses It is then placed in a salt solution whose freezing point is -.53� The Mechanism of Life This might arise from the known law that fresh water passes the point of greatest density when cooled down below 40°, and between that and the freezing point expands again. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The temperature of the air was 20� Fahr. below the freezing point. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. In this case both volumes of air may be below the freezing point, but one is very much colder than the other. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. To change Fahrenheit to Centigrade it is necessary to subtract 32 from 212 in order to make the freezing points correspond. Dietetics for Nurses C. The dog was then drowned, when the freezing point of the blood in the left ventricle was increased to -.29� The Mechanism of Life If thirty-two degrees is freezing point, what is squeezing point? The Handbook of Conundrums In the salle d'exposition the temperature is maintained at about zero, Centigrade, freezing point, Fahrenheit; and in the cells in which the bodies are first placed, at fifteen degrees below zero, Centigrade. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 In our last chapter we traced the upward movement in the mercury of the thermometer from 10 degrees below the freezing point up to the boiling point of water. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. The labor of crossing them is performed with the thermometer far below the freezing point. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Molecular Lowering of the Freezing Point.—For every substance whose solution is not ionized and therefore does not conduct electricity, the lowering of the freezing point is the same, viz. The Mechanism of Life In the polar regions, north and south, the air is far below freezing point the year round. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Bacterial growth is greatly checked at temperatures approximating 50� F., or below, although certain types multiply at the freezing point or slightly above. Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying In the experiment of the block of ice that in the beginning is 10 degrees below the freezing point, as shown by the thermometer, the molecules have a definite intensity of motion. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. In the act of freezing no doubt water gives up some of its heat to the surrounding air; but that air still remains below the freezing point or freezing would not take place. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Determination of the Molecular Concentration.—In order to obtain the molecular concentration of a non-ionizable substance, we have only to determine the lowering of the freezing point. The Mechanism of Life When winter brings the temperature down to the freezing point, the water near the surface of the rock first feels it. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place On account of this fact milk must be stored at temperatures above the freezing point. Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying When water is under pressure the freezing point is reduced several degrees below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. The zero of Fahrenheit's thermometer is thirty-two degrees below the freezing point of water, and that of the centigrade thermometer, the freezing point itself, both of which are equally misleading when applied to cosmical problems. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Let A be the lowering of the freezing point of any solution. The Mechanism of Life It hangs in our sitting-room, where it has often marked freezing point and below; “See what Gosse says,” is a common word of command. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) I fear that they may not be keeping the egg at the correct Fizbian freezing point—which, as you know, is a good deal lower than Earth's. Helpfully Yours By putting a bullet or something of that nature into the water that is subjected to pressure one can tell by shaking it when the freezing point is reached. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. The air temperature had dropped from eighty degrees Fahrenheit to below freezing point. The Silent Barrier A weight x of the substance is dissolved in a litre of water, and the lowering of the freezing point is observed. The Mechanism of Life Happily it was midwinter, and the temperature remained some degrees below freezing point, and so the great city was saved from what in summer would infallibly have brought pestilence in the track of war. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror I have no desire to move around much when the thermometer is below the freezing point.” Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone If the snow reaches the earth it will be because the air is below the freezing point all the way down. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. After waiting till the included body is completely cooled to the freezing point, and the whole melted ice has drained from the middle cavity, the water collected in the vessel F, Fig. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries This coefficient of dissociation, i, may be found by observing the lowering of the freezing point of a normal solution, and dividing it by 1.85. i = t/1.85. The Mechanism of Life These were 72° and 102° below the freezing point, or about 200° below that of their own bodies, and still they were able to resist this low temperature, and escape being “frost-bitten.” A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) In tropical countries, which may for this purpose be defined as those countries in which the temperature never falls below the freezing point, the gravity of a fully charged cell is 1.200 to 1.230. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair Suppose we take a piece of ice which is 10 degrees below the freezing point and insert in it a thermometer. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. When the temperature of the atmosphere is only a few degrees above the freezing point, its heat can hardly reach the middle cavity, being arrested by the ice of the cover, Fig. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries In a solution whose freezing point was -.57�, we obtained the following values:— Change of weight of untired leg— After 8 hours -.000. The Mechanism of Life It has been above the freezing point only on one morning, the 13th. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Since, however, the freezing point rises very rapidly with a decrease in specific gravity, special care should be taken to keep batteries charged when temperatures below zero are encountered. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair This fact has been determined by confining water in a close vessel and putting it under pressure and subjecting it to a freezing mixture, and by this means determining the freezing point under such conditions. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. "I don't ever want to see a crab again as long as I live," and her face fell to positive freezing point. The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest Or, the Wig Wag Rescue On the heights of Tartary it is found in an uncultivated state where, in winter, the thermometer frequently stands at, and generally far below, the freezing point. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton "At the freezing point the rate is 1,090 feet per second and increases a little over one foot for every degree Fahrenheit." Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 It is more limpid than olive oil, and becomes thick when exposed to a temperature a few degrees below the freezing point of water. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses When it reaches the freezing point the fluid can no longer rise in the neck of the flask, which is broken by the sudden expansion that takes place at this point. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. In consequence he concludes that, although the general climate of Mars is decidedly cold, it is above the freezing point of water. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The thermometer seldom falls more than a degree or two below the freezing point, and then only for a few hours. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. On the seventeenth, the mercury in the thermometer fell to seventy-four degrees below the freezing point. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe What if the wind did blow, and the mercury stand at fifteen or twenty degrees below the freezing point? Birds in the Bush Hence we may fairly infer that similar circumstances existed even at Melville island, where, at the present time, for the greater part of the year, the thermometer is below the freezing point. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 In the neighborhood of the freezing point but little growth occurs. Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying The change from inhaling a fluid poison at blood heat, to inhaling the purer air without at the freezing point or below, is greater than the system can bear with impunity. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes In a summer night the thermometer will sometimes fall below freezing point, and the cold is often very severe. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Their huts never get warmer than the freezing point. they undress when they sleep. and use fish to cook their food, when they cannot get driftwood. Black Beaver The Trapper In appearance they resemble a French porcelain furnace, abutting on one side of the cabin, and by means of a regulator you are able to reduce the temperature almost to freezing point. Life and sport in China Second Edition It melts at 190°, and solidifies at freezing point, forming a resinous mass. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines As the temperature of all fluids, with the single exception of water, decreases, the volume decreases down to the freezing point. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes The mercury at times stood 30° below zero, and never was above the freezing point. History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry They may be kept much longer in cold storage chambers, where the temperature is uniformly near the freezing point of the apple. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study The mean temperature of the south of Iceland is 39° F., in the central district 36° F., while in the north it is rarely above freezing point. A Girl's Ride in Iceland Reaumur's thermometer seldom falls to the freezing point; yet gardens cannot flourish, on account of the frequent fogs. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Water increases in density as it becomes colder until it reaches the temperature of forty degrees—eight degrees above the freezing point—when it begins to expand. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes It is important to keep them below the freezing point of water; they begin losing their delicate flavor at half a degree above zero, and melt at about ten degrees over that point. Concordance A Terran Empire concordance They went into camp without tents or blankets or bedding of straw even, on the open and miry alluvial ground, with the temperature at times at freezing point. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815 The thermometer ranges from 70° to 94°, and sometimes the mercury mounts to over 100°, always in the daytime, and it may fall to the freezing point at night, though rarely. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing They stood staring at each other, and the temperature of the room seemed to recede towards the freezing point. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World But the case is different with regard to the air of the house, which is frequently reduced below the freezing point, in severe weather. Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings Winter was near, and, though only one or two flurries of snow were encountered, the temperature often sank below the freezing point. Deerfoot in The Mountains And he was actually found dead in the morning, although the temperature of the car had never gone below freezing point! Three Things The bee, unlike the wasp, when once penetrated with frost, is dead—their temperature must be kept considerably above the freezing point, and to do this, food is required. Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained And he was adrift on a floating island of ice, with the temperature near the freezing point, and without even the rude appliances of the savage. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility Where the temperature is near the freezing point walnut and pecan wood will callous more readily. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914 The cases were at first labelled "Frost Bite," but as they were subsequently found to occur without any fall of the temperature to freezing point, this term was evidently a misnomer. 1914 In the hottest summer it is cool, its temperature being twenty degrees above the freezing point; and it does not freeze in winter if conveyed in proper pipes. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The former, at least, had once been warm with a deep belief, however they had now "cooled down even to the freezing point." Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman During the two following weeks the temperature kept in the neighbourhood of the freezing point; clear weather alternating with snow and rain. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II With it the temperature of the room ran automatically from roasting to freezing point unless one kept stoking in fuel. Land of the Burnt Thigh What I should have done about it I cannot say, but at that moment I remembered that it was a Centigrade thermometer with the freezing point in the wrong place. Once a Week Mrs Campbell and the girls had put an additional supply of blankets and skins upon the beds, for the cold was now intense, and the thermometer stood far below the freezing point. The Settlers in Canada The thermometer was more than 100 degrees below freezing point. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold The temperature was then under the freezing point of mercury. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II It has already been seen, that the temperature of the earth, a few feet below the surface, is above the freezing point, at all times. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles On the centigrade thermometer there are one hundred degrees between the freezing point and the boiling point. Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois The thermometer was twenty degrees below freezing point, and the cold was so intense, that every precaution was taken against it. The Settlers in Canada After weather like summer, we are now deep in snow, and the thermometer below the freezing point. Olla Podrida When I was on Lake Superior the thermometer stood between 90 degrees and 100 degrees during the day, and at night was nearly down to the freezing point. Diary in America, Series One It was not till the middle of April that a slight thaw began, and the thermometer rose to freezing point. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The weather grew colder, and the thermometer descended to thirty-two degrees, that is to say to freezing point. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Often during the winter the mercury stands for consecutive days above the freezing point. The Land of the Long Night The funeral was as cold as his charity, the thermometer being exactly 130 below the freezing point. Olla Podrida But, as a rule, fun does not survive the freezing point. The Cold Snap 1898 For a long while yet there will be a latent disaffection, even when the outward show may be fair, as in spring the ground often stiffens when the thermometer is above the freezing point. The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays Towards five o'clock in the morning the weather changed with astonishing rapidity; the temperature went down to freezing point, the wind turned north, and became calmer. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras The thermometer was twenty degrees below the freezing point, and the cold was so intense, that every precaution was taken against it. The Settlers in Canada August 3.—We fell in with a great deal of floating ice, the weather was very foggy, and the thermometer at freezing point. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. I thought so—only ten below freezing point; why, it feels quite summery, and the snow has a softness that I have not noticed since last autumn. The Big Otter One night the temperature rose high above the freezing point; next day all the sights and sounds of Nature’s great awakening were in full play. Silver Lake The temperature kept above freezing point, and it seemed as if the thaw had removed the great obstacles to navigation. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Mrs. Campbell and the girls had put an additional supply of blankets and skins upon the beds, for the cold was now intense, and the thermometer stood far below the freezing point. The Settlers in Canada On the 12th the thermometer was below freezing point, and the rigging of the ship was covered with large icicles. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. The stars were visible here and there, through the dispersing clouds, and the drip of melting ice was no longer heard, for the temperature had again fallen below the freezing point. Adrift in the Ice-Fields The wind was fresh from the northward, and piercing cold in the shade, the thermometer being then, it was said, twenty-eight degrees below the freezing point. Jacob Faithful One complete upset chilled me most thoroughly, as the water was about down to freezing point. By Canoe and Dog-Train The atmosphere, but a moment before unpleasantly hot, is now cold as winter; the thermometer is less than twenty minutes falling over forty degrees—almost to freezing point! The Lone Ranche The thermometer is frequently at 30°#176; and 40°#176; below zero, when it is only about freezing point in the latter place. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. If the professor would surround a thermometer bulb with ice and then make the mercury rise above the freezing point, we would believe in "hot ice;" not before. Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Really good champagne should not be iced below a temperature of 50° Fahr., whereas exceedingly sweet wines will bear icing down almost to freezing point, and be rendered more palatable by the process. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines For Dunark had made good his promise—the water was only a few degrees above the freezing point! The Skylark of Space In a similar way, the theory furnishes an explanation of the abnormal lowering of the freezing point of electrolytes. An Elementary Study of Chemistry The average human body produces enough heat every hour to raise two and one-half pounds of water from the freezing point to the boiling point. The Mother and Her Child But before crediting the professor's further conclusion, that ice can be heated much above the freezing point, he must actually produce "hot ice," not only a hot vessel containing ice. Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Now the long summer day commenced in the Arctic Ocean, and when the temperature was only twenty degrees below freezing point they suffered from heat. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The temperature, too, rose above the freezing point and gave the only boy in the Fletcher household a chance to bank the ever-hungry furnace, and shut off all draughts. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life When weights of substances which are proportional to their molecular weights are dissolved in the same weight of solvent, the lowering of the freezing point is the same in each case. An Elementary Study of Chemistry In fact, the temperature obtained by the employment of ice precluded a thermometric register much below the freezing point. Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) The temperature was now just above the freezing point. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo "Every hour radium generates sufficient heat to raise the temperature of its own weight of water, from the freezing point to the boiling point." The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The experiment is most conveniently made when the temperature out of doors approaches the freezing point. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses The theory of electrolytic dissociation and the boiling and freezing points of solutions. An Elementary Study of Chemistry As soon as the milk has been drawn into the pails, it is carried into the milk-room and cooled down to a temperature of about forty-two degrees—that is, about ten degrees above freezing point. A Handbook of Health As cold weather approached, and the atmospheric thermometer descended to the freezing point, the philanthropic one mounted suddenly to blood heat. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems In another instant they were solid blocks of ice, for the temperature was below the freezing point of carbon dioxide. Invaders from the Infinite Cool storage, that is temperature maintained below the freezing point, is O. K., but in my experience this is not necessary. Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930 Sometimes the temperature fell below the freezing point, and occasionally we had sleet, hail or snow for variety. On the Fringe of the Great Fight It is not advisable to carry out work when the temperature is below freezing point, but in urgent cases bricklaying may be successfully done by using unslaked lime mortar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Yet such is the strength of its rays that the snow melts on the housetop exposed to its glare, while in the shade the temperature is 40° to 50° below freezing point. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers In June the temperature of our rooms registered just above freezing point, in July we were enveloped in continuous fog, and in August we are having snow. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour The thermometer in my grand room, with its silken curtains, is usually at freezing point. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris "Neither could I at present; but I expect both of us could and would, long before our blood reached the freezing point." Under the Great Bear Is it without a purpose that water instead of contracting, expands at the freezing point?—a fact to which is due that the earth north of the tropic is habitable for man or beast. What is Darwinism? In America the worms suffer in the early spring, from the rapid changes of temperature, 40� at 9 a.m. increasing to 70� in the afternoon and falling off to freezing point during the night. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. The temperature of these, by the judicious opening and closing of windows, is kept as nearly as possibly at the freezing point. Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop On the 20th we were presented with the most chilling prospect, the small pools of water being frozen over, the ground covered with snow, and the thermometer at the freezing point at mid-day. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 In conformity with this decimal law, the quadrant was divided, for astronomical purposes, into 100 degrees instead of 90; and the thermometer likewise into 100 degrees from the boiling to the freezing point. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 It may be prevented entirely by lowering the temperature of the blood to near the freezing point. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools When the glorious Fourth arrived the thermometer dropped below the freezing point, and snow actually fell, a circumstance which greatly increased the already reverent regard for Phinney's Almanac. The Story of Cooperstown The loose leaves should be fed first, and the heads kept in a cool place, not more than two or three deep, at as near the freezing point as possible. Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop We had to oppose a violent gale and frequent snow-storms through the day, which unseasonable weather caused the temperature to descend below the freezing point this evening. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 Even if the fall begin with a temperature of about 0° Fahr., the air is pretty sure to rise to near the freezing point. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography About this time Rodolphe was very much in love with his cousin Angela, who couldn't bear him; and the thermometer was twelve degrees below freezing point. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter We had church in a warm sun, with a temperature several degrees above freezing point, and most of us spent our off-time basking in the sunshine, yarning, skylarking, and being happy in general. South with Scott This process does not involve actual freezing, but implies preservation in chambers at a temperature maintained a few degrees above freezing point. Public School Domestic Science For real safety, it is wise to have any automobile radiator filled with enough of the compound so that its freezing point is fully ten degrees colder than the lowest temperature expected. If You're Going to Live in the Country When they start downward they have, as observations show, a temperature not much above the freezing point of salt water. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography The best temperature to preserve apples, potatoes, turnips, or any other roots or fruits stored in the cellar, is just above the freezing point. The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside The temperature rose above freezing point, and the Barrier surface was 18 inches deep in slush. South with Scott Observations extending over 30 years show that the freezing point on the one hand and 80° Fahr. on the other are reached on an average only about half a dozen times a year. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin Added to the discomfort of the family was the disquieting knowledge that the freezing point would mean cracked radiators. If You're Going to Live in the Country It is a familiar experience that a vessel of water, if kept in the state of repose, may have its temperature lowered three or four degrees below the freezing point without becoming frozen. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Usually after the third month, except when the outside temperature is below the freezing point. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Why, the thermometer is scarcely above the freezing point. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope Its zero, called the "absolute zero," is 461� below the zero of Fahrenheit, or 493� below the freezing point of water; and the degree of heat measured by it is termed the "absolute temperature." Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 The Mercury was at times 50� below the freezing point of Farenheit, and 22� below that of Reaumur. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 It has been estimated that the amount of heat arising from the stream on a winter's day, is sufficient to raise the atmosphere over the British Isles from the freezing point to a summer temperature. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. We believe that the melting point of platinum and the freezing point of mercury are the same as they were a hundred years ago, and as they will be a hundred years hence. Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Normally, as you are aware, the temperature is 0° C. or 32° F. Thomson said that this would be found to be the freezing point only at atmospheric pressure. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays If the temperature of the air falls to the freezing point while the dew is forming, the vapor is frozen and frost is seen instead of dew. General Science The night had been excessively cold, and this morning at sunrise the mercury stood at 40° below 0, or 72 below the freezing point. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. On the scale of the Fahrenheit thermometer, the freezing point of water is marked 32° and the boiling point at 212°. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. During the three years I spent there, the cold never was much below the freezing point; and I do not think the heat ever exceeded 76°. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific Then the ice has got to its melting point under the pressure of one thousand atmospheres, or, as we may put it, the water has reached its freezing point. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays But the salt mixture does not freeze because its freezing point is far below that of pure water. General Science A curious feature of the toilsome march across the ice, was Page 211that, though the temperature seldom rose to the freezing point, the men complained bitterly of the heat and suffered severely from sun-burn. American Merchant Ships and Sailors In both the Centigrade and the Reaumur scales the freezing point is at 0, and the boiling point at 100° in the Centigrade and at 80° in Reaumur's. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Usually after the third month, except when the outside temperature is below freezing point. The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses Again, ice being a substance which contracts in melting, the effect of pressure is to facilitate melting, lowering its freezing point. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays The thermometer in July was once at 28�, and very commonly at 30�; whereas the last year, in August, it was very rare to have it so low as the freezing point. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Nitro-glycerine at its freezing point has a tendency to separate from its absorbing material, in fact to exude. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise It was, however, stated in the papers, both in Canada and the State of New York, that the real cold was 40 degrees below zero, or 72 degrees below freezing point. Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) The seeds of the poppy yield, by expression, 56 per cent. of a bland and very valuable oil, of a pale golden color, fluid to within ten degrees of the freezing point of water. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. He predicted that the freezing point would fall 0.0075 of a degree Centigrade for each additional atmosphere of pressure applied to the water. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays On the 19th, the thermometer in the day-time remained at the freezing point, and at four in the morning fell to 29�. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The results show that, in general, the capacity of a substance to lower the freezing point of nitro-glycerine depends, not upon its freezing point, or its chemical composition or constitution, but upon its molecular weight. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise The temperature in crossing the ridge was below that on Dhonglaila, and below the freezing point at times. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries At a stone-quarry that we passed, on the side of a mountain, there were about seventy men at work, without any clothing, though the thermometer was far below freezing point. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months I drank a pint of dry champagne, iced almost to freezing point; but instead of hardening my heart against the ex-Brat, to my annoyance the sparkling liquid gradually but surely produced the opposite effect. The Princess Passes The Gulf stream, in its course along the coast of Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico, has beneath it, running to the south, a cold stream, nearly down to the freezing point. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 The di-nitro-glycerine is a solvent for tri-nitro-glycerine, it can therefore be mixed with this substance, in the various gelatine explosives in order to lower the freezing point. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise It was no refreshment to reflect that had we dredging apparatus long enough we could procure from the sea-bottom buckets of ooze that would have cooled our drinks almost to the freezing point. White Shadows in the South Seas They staid up 30 minutes, with the thermometer at 14 degrees below the freezing point. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 On the 20th of January the thermometer fell again, and remained below the freezing point till the 12th of February: some of the ice did not disappear till the following month. Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland The best temperature for travel is from five to fifteen degrees below the freezing point. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Temperature during the day stood at about 50 degrees, and at night went down to about 30 degrees above freezing point. Across China on Foot The temperature inside the case was kept close to the freezing point by an ice-making machine in constant operation. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Poultry is held for periods of one to six weeks at temperature above the freezing point. The Dollar Hen He found the temperature at 5 A.M. to be exactly at the freezing point, and at noon it had risen 1°. Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland The bouran was from the south, and raised the temperature above the freezing point. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life His face was pallid, his lips hard set, and his stooping figure looking curiously stiff and lifeless on that frozen morning—the temperature below freezing point, and our noses were red, too! Across China on Foot The temperature, at noon, was just above freezing point, though not enough so to bring about a "thaw" in the ice. The High School Freshmen Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports During their whole march they were soaking wet to the knees, and benumbed by a temperature always at or near the freezing point. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 278, Supplementary Number (1828) This mode of testing, however, cannot be applied in very cold weather, as water has no expansive force five degrees above or five degrees below the freezing point. Rough and Tumble Engineering On the third day the temperature rose quite rapidly, and by noon it was just below the freezing point. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The depression of temperature creates the sensation of coldness after the late mild weather, although the thermometer, examined at 8 o'clock, has not fallen below 26°, but six degrees below the freezing point. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers In winter, when the temperature frequently falls to freezing point, they have the same dwellings and clothing as in summer: the mortality among them is then very great. A Woman's Journey Round the World The thermometer had long since assumed a range extending during the night and frequently during a great portion of the day to many degrees below the freezing point. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren It may be that the freezing point of liquids under pressure in the plant cells or exposed to the air through the stomata is not the same as in the free air. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 An hour past midnight the temperature was above freezing point, and the sleigh runners lost that peculiar ringing sound that indicates cold weather. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The height of two miles was reached in 19 minutes, and here the temperature was at freezing point. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation The lowest part of the Park is 7,500 feet high; and though the sun is hot during the day, the mercury hovers near the freezing point every night of the summer. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains “That’s one hundred and six below freezing point—too cold for travelling, eh?” Love of Life and Other Stories If chilled ten degrees, that is, to the freezing point of water, it would weigh 46 grams more. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Once we found that the temperature of the bottom at a depth of two hundred fathoms, was at the freezing point of water. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The balloon was now steadily manoeuvred up to 18,636 feet, at which height freezing point was practically reached. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation The mercury at 9 P.M. was 12 degrees below the freezing point. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains The highest authorities state that the cold during the Moon's long night must reach as low as 250 degrees below the freezing point of water. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography And only on the mountains does the temperature fall much below the freezing point. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon On the morning of the 13th we had a light fall of snow, with the air at freezing point and the water at 40°. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Its high coefficient of thermal expansion, coupled with its low freezing point, renders it a valuable thermometric fluid, especially when the temperatures to be measured are below -39 deg. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Sometimes eggs are removed from the shells, stored for commercial use in containers of about 50 pounds each, and kept at the freezing point until they are to be used. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables As is well known, it is a device that, by means of air cooled by the melting of ice or in some other manner, keeps food at a temperature near the freezing point. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads On Saturday morning, August nineteenth, the temperature was four degrees below the freezing point, and the ground was stiff with frost. The Long Labrador Trail They gazed at the boat with perfect sang froid, the thermometer being just above freezing point. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life For while she was rummaging in the wall-safe, the night before, suddenly the fire had gone down, and the room had sunk to freezing point. Delia Blanchflower There was some danger of both house and stores melting, but happily this high temperature proved exceptional, the thermometer seldom averaging much above freezing point. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Apples can be kept even at one or two degrees below the freezing point if the temperature is uniform. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The sky was clear and pure, with a sharp wind from the northeast, and the thermometer 2° below the freezing point. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Centigrade has the freezing point at zero and the boiling point at 100°. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life "I hope they will not be lowered to freezing point within the next hour; that's all." The Channings At that time of the year, the thermometer was already constantly below freezing point. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Whenever the temperature is above freezing point, it is generally advisable to take the sash off part way, as shown in the central part of Fig. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) While at the Cape, the mercury stands between sixty and seventy degrees, near the head of the Gulf it is down to the freezing point. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Salt water, as is well known, does not freeze so readily as fresh, but requires several degrees of cold below freezing point before it becomes solidified, and the sea was therefore still liquid. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude While we were looking at the thermometer, he found out that I could not read the words temperate, freezing point, boiling water heat, &c. which were written upon the ivory scale, in small characters. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 But when within four degrees of the freezing point, water expands and ice becomes lighter than water, and floats, and saves all bodies of water from becoming solid bodies of ice. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments Apples, winter pears, and all roots, should be kept at a temperature somewhat near the freezing point. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Cold produces fatal effects above as well as below the freezing point. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 On the 31st December, the mercury was all frozen hard , in the cistern of the instrument, so that the temperature was 44° below freezing point. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude The sky was clear and pure, with a sharp wind from the northeast, and the thermometer 20 below the freezing point. The Life of Kit Carson Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. The temperature of the blood of reptiles is as low as 60 and even 40 degrees, since the temperature of the blood is about the same as the environment, sometimes approaching the freezing point. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments If for winter use, the fruit should at once be placed in the cellar or fruit house in which it is to be stored, and there kept as near the freezing point as possible. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Well, to hazard a guess," I replied, "I should say about one degree above its freezing point. Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World The temperature remained about one or two degrees above freezing point in the day, and fell to three or four degrees below in the night. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude According to most astronomers, there is absolutely no air on the moon, also no moisture, and the temperature is either very high or around the freezing point. Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds As the moon crawled up over the rain-bathed foothills of the Ourthe Mountains, the temperature dropped far below the freezing point. The Log of a Noncombatant Keep them in a temperature near freezing point. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The water does not freeze until the thermometric mercury tumbles down to eighteen degrees above zero, or fourteen below the ordinary freezing point. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young Here and there the snow had melted, and the temperature of the nights was no longer below freezing point. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude It is therefore certain that the combined effect of both causes must bring the temperature of Mars down to at least 70° or 80°below the freezing point. Is Mars habitable? A critical examination of Professor Percival Lowell's book "Mars and its canals," with an alternative explanation They are found only at the surface of the water, where the temperature must be above the freezing point. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 324, July 26, 1828 The bed of roses has disappeared before the icy breath of the winter king, which sends the thermometer down sometimes to seventy degrees below freezing point. Klondyke Nuggets A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest The Gulf Stream adds from five to ten degrees to the temperature in cold weather, and in the southern section the temperature rarely gets below freezing point. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young In view of the possible departure of the Ninth, and the consequent prolongation of the European war, gold rose several degrees above freezing point. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 It will be seen that this lower rate would bring the temperature of Mars at the equator down to 20° F. below the freezing point of water from this cause alone. Is Mars habitable? A critical examination of Professor Percival Lowell's book "Mars and its canals," with an alternative explanation In Italy a cold of 5 degrees below freezing point does not destroy robust orange trees. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 It looks as if interest will sink to freezing point, and capital will have to flow to other planets if that comical claim for "wages of abstinence" is to be met any longer. Without Prejudice The temperature being below freezing point, the drops of moisture in this wall of vapor were congealed into ice-crystals, which glittered like gold in the sunlight and gave back all the colors of the rainbow. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence The temperature was almost at freezing point near the peak, and the girls quickly donned their sweaters which had been packed in Choko's panniers. Polly of Pebbly Pit But they have never had a cold spell in Sydney which brought the mercury down to freezing point. Following the Equator, Part 2 It was eight in the morning, and we suffered severely from the cold, though the thermometer kept a little above freezing point. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 But suppose that when it is drawn up into the air it meets with such a cold blast as to bring it to the freezing point. The Fairy-Land of Science But the fact is that cold several degrees below the freezing point is by no means rare in the sub-Alpine and sub-Apennine districts of northern Italy. A Siren Seed potatoes would not be injured in storage, providing the temperature is not allowed to go below the freezing point. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered The night was exceedingly cold, the thermometer falling to freezing point. Expedition into Central Australia I have seen the banana cultivated in the island of Cuba, in places where the thermometer descends to seven centesimal degrees, and sometimes very near freezing point. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 A cold and very dewy night made all our packs, blankets, etc., wet and clammy; the mercury fell below freezing point, but instantly upon the sun's appearance it went up enormously. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, It was filled with baked sand, covered with sphagnum moss, slightly dampened occasionally, and placed where it was cool, but never at actual freezing point. Moths of the Limberlost The Country Gentleman says: While the temperature is below the freezing point we should take advantage of even short frosts to lay up ice for next summer. Three Acres and Liberty The cold of interstellar space, thousands of degrees below freezing point or the absolute zero of Fahrenheit, Centigrade or Reaumur: the incipient intimations of proximate dawn. Ulysses In Italy and Spain the orange and date-trees do not perish, though the cold during the night may be two degrees below freezing point. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 To make up for this, the mercury falls below the freezing point every night of the year, even in August the difference of temperature in twelve hours often exceeding 120 degrees! Among the Tibetans The temperature in mid-winter over the Adelaide plains rarely, if ever, reaches the freezing point, although there may be sharp frosts, and on still clear nights, so frequently experienced, copious dews. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken But in the interior, at elevations of over 300 feet above the level of the sea, the thermometer occasionally falls to the freezing point in winter. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom There is a sharp and sudden fall of temperature after sunset, and the rocks, strongly heated by day, are now chilled perhaps even to the freezing point. The Elements of Geology I thought for a moment how delightful it would be to find myself carried suddenly into the arctic regions, with a cold 30° below the freezing point. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth The solar heat at noon was from 120 degrees to 130 degrees, and at night the mercury frequently fell below the freezing point. Among the Tibetans Every day the mounting sun made heavy attacks on the snow: every night the temperature dropped below the freezing point. The Blazed Trail It never exceeds 72 degrees in the hottest weather, and sometimes falls below freezing point at night. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon But the cold was too intense to allow us to do so, for I am convinced that at this great altitude the thermometer cannot have marked less than fourteen or fifteen degrees below freezing point. King Solomon's Mines By this lucky meeting of extremes, water can be obtained at any temperature, from the boiling almost to the freezing point. Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North I have often seen the temperature in the Siberian steppes fall to more than forty degrees below freezing point! Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar The hour hand of the clock hung about eight; the air was stingingly cool, but not at the freezing point. Roads of Destiny My thermometer was one day fourteen degrees and a half below the freezing point, within doors. The Natural History of Selborne The freezing point seemed higher than on Earth, for the few inches of snow through which they trudged felt almost warm to their naked feet. A Voyage to Arcturus During the whole of last winter, in the case I have in mind, there were no means of heating the other rooms, where the temperature was almost always far below freezing point. The Crisis in Russia They cowered down together, endeavoring to keep each other warm, the temperature being now ten degrees below freezing point. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar We have been working here in overcoats and fur hats in a temperature below freezing point. Russia in 1919 Tom was working along the well-known line of the rate of travel of sound, which progresses at the rate of about 1090 feet a second when air is at the freezing point. Tom Swift and His Air Scout, or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky In that night there must be cold, the ultimate cold, absolute zero, 273 degrees Centigrade, below the earthly freezing point. The First Men in the Moon |
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