The Story of the Earth's AtmosphereD. Appleton, 1898 |
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... cool- ing . The larger the globe the longer it takes to cool . The final condition , however - viz . , whether at globe ultimately ceases to possess a liquid or gaseous covering , and becomes like our moon , or still retains an ...
... cool- ing . The larger the globe the longer it takes to cool . The final condition , however - viz . , whether at globe ultimately ceases to possess a liquid or gaseous covering , and becomes like our moon , or still retains an ...
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... cool enough to ad- mit of animal and vegetable growth , the atmos- phere must have been practically as clear as it is to - day . In proof of this we find that those remarkable trilobites or sea - lice of the Silurian period , which is ...
... cool enough to ad- mit of animal and vegetable growth , the atmos- phere must have been practically as clear as it is to - day . In proof of this we find that those remarkable trilobites or sea - lice of the Silurian period , which is ...
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... cool- ing of a body depends on the perfection of its en- closure , whether solid or gaseous . At the earth's surface the enclosure is nearly perfect , but as we ascend , the upper side of the enclosure weakens owing to the thinning of ...
... cool- ing of a body depends on the perfection of its en- closure , whether solid or gaseous . At the earth's surface the enclosure is nearly perfect , but as we ascend , the upper side of the enclosure weakens owing to the thinning of ...
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... cool Antarctic stream ( Humboldt's current ) which flows up its coast and cools the lower atmosphere . The area of greatest heat is where the largest land masses lie near the Equator , and of greatest cold where the largest land masses ...
... cool Antarctic stream ( Humboldt's current ) which flows up its coast and cools the lower atmosphere . The area of greatest heat is where the largest land masses lie near the Equator , and of greatest cold where the largest land masses ...
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... cool air above take place until a large proportion of the heat received near the surface is carried up aloft . The process is pre- cisely analogous to that by which the hot water from the kitchen boiler is conveyed through the pipes to ...
... cool air above take place until a large proportion of the heat received near the surface is carried up aloft . The process is pre- cisely analogous to that by which the hot water from the kitchen boiler is conveyed through the pipes to ...
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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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