General History of Connecticut: From Its First Settlement Under George ...
General History of Connecticut: From Its First Settlement Under George ...
Samuel Peters, Samuel Jarvis Mccormick
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Notwithstand- ing, from this latitude, New-London lies 600 miles nearer Digitized by Google 176 GENERAL HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT. the line than the capital of England, the winter sets in there a month before it does here, and not only con- tinues longer, but is more severe. This extraordinary coldness is said by naturalists to arise from the vast frozen lakes and rivers, and mountains eternally covered with snow, throughout the northernmost parts of Amer- ica. The moimtains may have their share i...n producing this effect ; but I am apt to think the lakes and rivers have a contrary influence. If I ask why lands border- ing on them are three weeks earlier in their productions than lands ten miles distant, it will readily be imputed to the warmth of the air, occasioned by the reflection of the sun's rays from the 'water. On the same prin- ciple, I argue that the rays of the sun, multiplied and reflected by ice also, will render the air warmer. But it may be further said, that the cause is perhaps to be ascribed to the soil being more sandy and loose near a lake or river, and, therefore, naturally warmer than that which is remote and not sandy.
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