Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 18th, 1920 by Various
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"I've explained already what happens then. The air from B--"
"Do we begin all over again now?" "More or less, yes." "So that at this place, A, it's always raining or just going to rain?" "Yes, if it starts by being hot there, as it did just now, I suppose it is." "What happens if it starts by being cold?" "It rains. I've explained that. The cold air can't contain so much moisture--" "Don't begin that again. What about B? Is it any good going there? We had frightfully high pressure there at one time." "Yes, but it rains so much at A that more and more air rushes from B to A to fill up the gap caused by the air rising on account of the heat generated by the rain falling, and very soon you get frightfully low pressure at B--" "Is it fine then?" "No, it rains." "You surprise me. But suppose it had started by being low pressure at B?" |
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