frigorific

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The following is the substance of his remarks on this subject: "Forests act as frigorific causes in three ways: "1.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

When Verezzi's senses are "chilled with the frigorific torpidity of despair," his eyes "roll horribly in their sockets."

From The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance by Birkhead, Edith

Rumford's views respecting frigorific rays have not been generally accepted, and Prevost's theory of exchanges completely explains the apparent radiation of cold without supposing that cold is anything else than the mere absence of heat.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William

Upon substituting balls of snow for heated bodies, they even went so far as to prove that frigorific foci may be formed by way of reflection.

From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert

The following is the substance of his remarks on this subject:— "Forests act as frigorific causes in three ways: "1.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.