Citations:nephelosphere

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English citations of nephelosphere

  • Alexander Winchell (1824–1891)
    It gathers into a vaporous envelope, constituting a true atmosphere or nephelosphere. This precipitates an aqueous rain, the homologue of the molten rain of earlier times, which ultimately finds a resting-place upon the incrusted nucleus.
  • 1985, Peter Bowler, The Superior Person's Book of Words, David R. Godine Publisher, →ISBN, page 66:
    A nephelosphere is a vaporous, cloudy envelope surrounding a heavenly body. "Ah, I thought I recognized your nephelosphere," you say to Gloria as she enters the room, fresh from a session with her hairspray.