The Story of the Earth's AtmosphereD. Appleton, 1898 |
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... amount of matter it contains , and therefore again upon its size . Thus , our earth will probably never lose its atmosphere altogether , though considerable quantities of the lighter gases , such as hydrogen , have no doubt already ...
... amount of matter it contains , and therefore again upon its size . Thus , our earth will probably never lose its atmosphere altogether , though considerable quantities of the lighter gases , such as hydrogen , have no doubt already ...
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... amount of carbonic acid in the atmosphere was probably much greater than at present . Espe- cially during the carboniferous epoch of geology , when owing to special climatic conditions enor- mous quantities of trees and ferns grew which ...
... amount of carbonic acid in the atmosphere was probably much greater than at present . Espe- cially during the carboniferous epoch of geology , when owing to special climatic conditions enor- mous quantities of trees and ferns grew which ...
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... amount existing at present seems a small quantity , it is yet as we know , enough to supply all the vegetable world with its solid . carbon . Huxley once calculated the amount of this gas which is contained in a section of the ...
... amount existing at present seems a small quantity , it is yet as we know , enough to supply all the vegetable world with its solid . carbon . Huxley once calculated the amount of this gas which is contained in a section of the ...
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... amount to that which is capable of being sustained increases until another level and temperature is reached at which con- densation takes place , and a second stratum of cloud is formed and so on . Ultimately a point is reached at which ...
... amount to that which is capable of being sustained increases until another level and temperature is reached at which con- densation takes place , and a second stratum of cloud is formed and so on . Ultimately a point is reached at which ...
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... amount is ths of what it was at the lower level . The bear- ing of this fact on the question of the beneficial influence of high mountain resorts on pulmonary and other diseases is obvious . * About 15 cubic centimetres are equal to 1 ...
... amount is ths of what it was at the lower level . The bear- ing of this fact on the question of the beneficial influence of high mountain resorts on pulmonary and other diseases is obvious . * About 15 cubic centimetres are equal to 1 ...
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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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