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They appear at a height of about 50 miles ( 80 km ) and re- main in sunlight when the area below has become dark . Clouds Outside the Troposphere . Occasionally clouds are found very much higher above the earth's surface than clouds are ...
They appear at a height of about 50 miles ( 80 km ) and re- main in sunlight when the area below has become dark . Clouds Outside the Troposphere . Occasionally clouds are found very much higher above the earth's surface than clouds are ...
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Some show lower viscosity with increased speed of stirring but become al- most solid when stirring stops . This phenom- enon , called thixotropy , occurs in substances such as oil well drilling mud and nondrip paint .
Some show lower viscosity with increased speed of stirring but become al- most solid when stirring stops . This phenom- enon , called thixotropy , occurs in substances such as oil well drilling mud and nondrip paint .
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As the comet approaches the sun the hazy envelope , or coma , becomes brighter and larger , and a tail may have begun to ... At the same time the tail may lengthen and brighten quite dramatically until the nucleus and coma become quite ...
As the comet approaches the sun the hazy envelope , or coma , becomes brighter and larger , and a tail may have begun to ... At the same time the tail may lengthen and brighten quite dramatically until the nucleus and coma become quite ...
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| Title | The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7 The Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Incorporated, ISBN 0717201252, 9780717201259 |
| Contributor | Grolier Incorporated |
| Publisher | Grolier, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Nov 2006 |
| ISBN | 0717201252, 9780717201259 |
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