Climate: An Inquiry Into the Causes of Its Differences, and Into Its Influence on Vegetable Life : Comprising the Substance of Four Lectures Delivered Before the Natural History Society, at the Museum, Torquay, in February, 1863, Opseg 2John Henry and James Parker, 1863 - Broj stranica: 144 |
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... winds , atmospheric pressure , electricity , and so forth ; but amongst these the first place must be conceded to the intensity of the heat , and to its distribution over different portions of the year , as it is this which in a great ...
... winds , atmospheric pressure , electricity , and so forth ; but amongst these the first place must be conceded to the intensity of the heat , and to its distribution over different portions of the year , as it is this which in a great ...
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... winds which commonly come from that quarter in the winter season , and which , bringing with them the temperature of the Arctic circle , first con- dense the moisture into snow , and afterwards impart to the countries they pass over the ...
... winds which commonly come from that quarter in the winter season , and which , bringing with them the temperature of the Arctic circle , first con- dense the moisture into snow , and afterwards impart to the countries they pass over the ...
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... Winds . Why calms exist near the equator . Monsoons , typhoons , and hurricanes - their vorticose and progressive movement . Winds in temperate regions more variable and less violent , but apparently sub- ject to the same laws - Admiral ...
... Winds . Why calms exist near the equator . Monsoons , typhoons , and hurricanes - their vorticose and progressive movement . Winds in temperate regions more variable and less violent , but apparently sub- ject to the same laws - Admiral ...
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... winds , is constantly circulating round the globe from north - east to south - west above the equator , and from south - east to north - west below it . This tendency of the waters of the ocean to the west , pro- duced , as is supposed ...
... winds , is constantly circulating round the globe from north - east to south - west above the equator , and from south - east to north - west below it . This tendency of the waters of the ocean to the west , pro- duced , as is supposed ...
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... winds which reach them will generally proceed from a colder quarter , and therefore will contain less moisture than the amount which can be held in a state of vapour , at the higher temperature they will attain on reaching that latitude ...
... winds which reach them will generally proceed from a colder quarter , and therefore will contain less moisture than the amount which can be held in a state of vapour , at the higher temperature they will attain on reaching that latitude ...
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