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Frost
Coating or deposit of ice that may form in humid air in cold conditions, usually overnight
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Dissertation sur la glace, ou explication physique de la formation de la glace, et de ses divers phénomènes / Par m. Dortous de Mairan.
Mairan, Dortous de, 1678-1771.
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Date: [1749]
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Modest observations on the present extraordinary frost : containing I. A brief description thereof ... II. An account of the most eminent frosts that have happen'd for many hundred years past ... III. Philosophical presages of what may be feared now to ensue, viz. Scarcity of corn and victuals, general sicknesses, and pestilences ... IV. The cries of the poor; and an easy way proposed how there may be twenty thousand pounds a week, at least, raised for their relief, about London ... / By T.T.
Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703.
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Date: 1684
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Crimean War: frostbitten soldiers on their way to Balaclava. Wood engraving.
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Reference: 21046i
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