"Freezing point" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... beyond their strength, and sometimes till they expire; he feels no loss in their death, he knows the plantation must be supplied, and his humanity is estimated by his interest, which rises always above freezing point. ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I. Jan. 1916 • Various
... 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 ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 • Various
... had not quitted it many hours, having watched the "old year out and the new year in," and then taken a short nap; yet Jack Frost had been active during my absence, and cooled down the air of the sanctum some degrees below the freezing point, at the same time coating the window panes with his beautiful crystalline figures. The dark walls did look most awful, seen through the dun yellow light of the fog, which met my view upon drawing aside the cabalistically ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 19, Issue 529, January 14, 1832 • Various
... "Account of the Arctic Regions," gives the best description of snow crystals formed at low temperatures with which I am acquainted. From his observations it appears—(a) that when formed at temperatures several degrees below the freezing point, the crystals, whether simple or compound, are nearly all of symmetrical forms; (b) that thin tabular crystals are extremely numerous, consisting either of simple transverse slices of the fundamental hexagon or, more frequently, of aggregations of these attached edgewise and lying in one plane; ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 • Various
... turning to a dirty brown. The pupae were laid away in a large box having a glass lid. 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. The following spring after the delight of seeing them emerge, they were released, for I secured a male to complete my collection a few days later, and only grew the ...
— Moths of the Limberlost • Gene Stratton-Porter
... Jack-in-the-Pulpit plant, the corm of which was doubtless hidden among the roots of the Ferns. So, while the cold winds are blowing, snow is yet on the ground, and the thermometer registers several degrees lower than the freezing point, I have a little bit of summer where, at my leisure, I may study the development of fifteen species of plants, at the same time admiring their delicate beauty and inhaling the odor of the ...
— The Mayflower, January, 1905 • Various
... the temperature was four degrees below the freezing point, and the ground was stiff with frost. In a further search on the north side of the lake opposite our camp we found an old blaze and a trail leading from it along a ridge and through marshes to a small lake. This was the only trail that we could find anywhere, so we ...
— The Long Labrador Trail • Dillon Wallace |
