10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEW POND»
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dew pond in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dew pond and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Neolithic
Dew-ponds and Cattle-ways
There is nothing to indicate that the dew-pond had been constantly used for
watering the herds, and much which tends to show the reverse. Perhaps it is
possible that there may have been some slight trickle of water down the trenches
during ...
Arthur John Hubbard, Henry Griffin, 1905
... of bringing moisture laden air in contact with colder ground surfaces inclosed
by embankments, a "dew pond" for condensation and storage of atmospheric
moisture has recently been invented by S. B. Russell of Gosmore, Hitchin,
England.
OR the last few years the so-called “ dew-pond " of F Great Britain has been
attracting a good deal of attention among both archeologists and meteorologists.
The matter has already been discust in this department. The writer of an article in
...
Edward Jewitt Wheeler, Isaac Kaufman Funk, William Seaver Woods, 1910
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Dew Harvest: To Supplement Drinking Water Sources in Arid ...
Arthur J. Hubbard described a dew pond in his book Neolithic Dew-Ponds and
Cattleways (1907): "There is [in England] at least one wandering gang of men...
who will construct for the modern farmer a pond which, in any suitable situation in
a ...
The writer of an article in The Scientific American Supplement (New York) asserts
that the name “ dew-pond ” is 'a misnomer and that these ponds are never filled
with dew; that is, by direct condensation of atmospheric moisture. They may in ...
6
When the Rivers Run Dry: Water, the Defining Crisis of the ...
Once a successful dew pond was created, it would, in effect, generate its own
water from the air. Many dew ponds have been plowed up in recent decades as
pastures have given way to arable farming. Others are overgrown. On the hills ...
7
The Living Landscape: How to Read and Understand It
A solution to the problem was the dew pond. These days the word is often used
loosely to describe any pond out in the fields but a real dew pond is a specific
kind of pond designed to collect rain water. Why they ever got called dew ponds I
...
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Grammar and Meaning: A Semantic Approach to English Grammar
This article, 'The dew— pond myth' appeared in May 1989. The paragraphs have
been lettered A to N, and the sentences within paragraphs have been numbered
for easy reference, which means that illustrative examples can be appreciated ...
9
Encyclopedia of Geomorphology
A.S. GOUDIE DEW POND Dew ponds are closed depressions, often filled with
water, usually associated with chalk downland in the southern UK. The constant
supply of water to these depressions on permeable substrates and fre- quently ...
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Survey English Dialects
dam, dew-pond, dip, drinking-dip. drinking-pond, dub. lodge, mere, moot, mot :
moot, pit, pool, pound, round pond, water-pit 2. n a CESS-POOL on a farm I.3.1 1.
po:n So 3. n a POOL on a farm III.3.9. por.nd Nb Du, pand Nth, pond Nb Cu Du ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEW POND»
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Pontefract review: Richard Hannon saddles double at the track
Though the pack closed in, David O'Meara's charge held on by three-quarters of a length from Dew Pond for the Easterby team. "He's a horse ... «SkySports, Jun 15»
Milbourne residents claim victory after planning inspectorate …
The plans for Dew Pond Barn were initially refused by Wiltshire Council following an outcry from neighbours and St Paul Malmesbury Without ... «Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, Mar 15»
Straw bales are South Downs photograph competition winners
First place was won by Andy Flowerday for his photograph of a dew pond at dusk – taking home a prize of £250. Nick Heasman, judge and ... «Midhurst and Petworth Observer, Feb 15»
RUNNING: Crawley AC among the medals at Sussex Cross-Country …
The Ladies had to face the climb to the dew pond once and the W35 team of Helen Reynolds, Sue Aldridge and Anne Matthews took the team ... «Crawley Observer, Jan 15»
How does your garden grow? The allotment holder, Bristol
When I was a kid, I came here to look at the dew pond that formed at the bottom of the site and to watch all the insects. I've had my plot for 30 ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
Parish pump Lewes - September 5, 2014
Caburn Bottom joins Oxteddle Bottom by the dew pond and this is where we stopped for a short break, enjoying the views of the Herdwick ... «Sussex Express, Sep 14»
COUNTY YARNS – A dew pond by any other name
The thing is though that there really is no such thing as a dew pond. It seems to be a term coined relatively recently. Farmers and shepherds ... «Sussex Express, Apr 14»
Rowde Holiday Barn Rental with walking and log fire
... at the foot of the historic Caen Hill flight of locks and the accommodation has south facing views across the farm's dew pond and surrounding meadows. «Holiday Lettings, Jan 14»
Gaddesby Gallop attracts record field
The runners, supported by a 40-strong team of marshals, first tackled an aromatic dew pond followed by a 10m drainage pipe and a brook ... «Melton Times, Dec 13»
Monk's House, the garden that inspired Virginia Woolf
There is an Italian Garden, a dew pond, a terrace, a bowling lawn as well as an orchard, their favourite part, with its “infinity of fruit-bearing ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 13»
