The Story of the Earth's AtmosphereD. Appleton, 1898 |
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... action , and the development of modern civilisation on this earth , has taken place , and will probably always remain confined within the vertical distance of a London shilling cab fare above the surface . Apart from direct measurement ...
... action , and the development of modern civilisation on this earth , has taken place , and will probably always remain confined within the vertical distance of a London shilling cab fare above the surface . Apart from direct measurement ...
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... action or passion , lifeless - in fact , matter without motion . The existing proportion there- fore is decidedly adapted to our present require- ments . The average proportion in which the two principal components of the atmosphere are ...
... action or passion , lifeless - in fact , matter without motion . The existing proportion there- fore is decidedly adapted to our present require- ments . The average proportion in which the two principal components of the atmosphere are ...
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... action of light on their green cells decompose the carbonic acid , absorb the carbon , and liberate the oxygen . By these means the balance between supply and consump- tion is about maintained . In former periods of the earth's history ...
... action of light on their green cells decompose the carbonic acid , absorb the carbon , and liberate the oxygen . By these means the balance between supply and consump- tion is about maintained . In former periods of the earth's history ...
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... influence of high mountain resorts on pulmonary and other diseases is obvious . * About 15 cubic centimetres are equal to 1 cubic inch . These same minute dust particles , by their scattering action 24 THE STORY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
... influence of high mountain resorts on pulmonary and other diseases is obvious . * About 15 cubic centimetres are equal to 1 cubic inch . These same minute dust particles , by their scattering action 24 THE STORY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
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Douglas Archibald. These same minute dust particles , by their scattering action on the small waves of light at the violet end of the spectrum , have been shewn by Lord Rayleigh to be the cause of blue sky , while its gradual deepening ...
Douglas Archibald. These same minute dust particles , by their scattering action on the small waves of light at the violet end of the spectrum , have been shewn by Lord Rayleigh to be the cause of blue sky , while its gradual deepening ...
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30 inches æther angle anti-cyclones APPLETON ascend atmos atmosphere average balloon barometric pressure Bay of Bengal belt blow carbonic acid cause centre changes Charles's law cirrus cirrus cloud climate cloud cold condensed cool cubic centimetre cumulus cumulus clouds cyclones damp degrees direction dry air earth earth's surface effect electricity equator equatorial fact fall feet Ferrel flying machine globe heat height high pressure increased India isobars kite Krakatoa land latitude layer light lower mass mercury miles an hour motion mountain move northern hemisphere observed occurs ocean oxygen particles perature phere plane poles Prof radiation rain rainfall range rays reached rise rotation round sea-level seasonal shew side solar southern storm Story stratum summer temperature termed theory thunderstorms tion tornado tropical cyclones tropics ture upper upward vapour velocity vertical warm waterspout waves weather wind
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