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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
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Can
you
imagine
these
water-particles,
just
above
any
pond
or
lake,
rising
up
and
getting
entangled
among
the
air-atoms?
They
are
very
light,
much
lighter
than
the
atmosphere;
and
so,
when
a
great
many
of
them
are
spread
about
in
the
air
which
lies
just
over
the
pond,
they
make
it
much
lighter
than
the
layer
of
air
above,
and
so
help
it
to
rise,
while
the
heavier
layer
of
air
comes
down
ready
to
take
up
more
vapour.
In
this
way
the
sun-waves
and
the
air
carry
off
water
everyday,
and
all
day
long,
from
the
top
of
lakes,
rivers,
pools,
springs,
and
seas,
and
even
from
the
surface
of
ice
and
snow.
Without
any
fuss
or
noise
or
sign
of
any
kind,
the
water
of
our
earth
is
being
drawn
up
invisibly
into
the
sky.
It
has
been
calculated
that
in
the
Indian
Ocean
three-quarters
of
an
inch
of
water
is
carried
off
from
the
surface
of
the
sea
in
one
day
and
night;
so
that
as
much
as
22
feet,
or
a
depth
of
water
about
twice
the
height
of
an
ordinary
room,
is
silently
and
invisibly
lifted
up
from
the
whole
surface
of
the
ocean
in
one
year.
It
is
true
this
is
one
of
the
hottest
parts
of
the
earth,
where
the
sun-waves
are
most
active;
but
even
in
our
own
country
many
feet
of
water
are
drawn
up
in
the
summer-time.
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