The Story of the Earth's AtmosphereD. Appleton, 1898 |
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... falling stars ) are visible . Living as we do at the base of our ocean of air , like the flat - fish live at the bottom of the ocean of water , we are absurdly ignorant of the condition of the atmosphere a few miles overhead . The ...
... falling stars ) are visible . Living as we do at the base of our ocean of air , like the flat - fish live at the bottom of the ocean of water , we are absurdly ignorant of the condition of the atmosphere a few miles overhead . The ...
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... until it arrives at the par- ticular temperature at which the air fails to sup- port it in solution , when a layer of cloud forms and perhaps rain falls . After this an interval oc- 22 THE STORY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
... until it arrives at the par- ticular temperature at which the air fails to sup- port it in solution , when a layer of cloud forms and perhaps rain falls . After this an interval oc- 22 THE STORY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
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Douglas Archibald. and perhaps rain falls . After this an interval oc- curs in which the vapour is at first in defect , but as we ascend , its relative amount to that which is capable of being sustained increases until another level and ...
Douglas Archibald. and perhaps rain falls . After this an interval oc- curs in which the vapour is at first in defect , but as we ascend , its relative amount to that which is capable of being sustained increases until another level and ...
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... fall of the barometer , un- doubtedly affect some persons of a sensitive tem perament , while the steady fall of pressure which occurs when we ascend a mountain or rise in a balloon occasions what is termed mal de montagne in both men ...
... fall of the barometer , un- doubtedly affect some persons of a sensitive tem perament , while the steady fall of pressure which occurs when we ascend a mountain or rise in a balloon occasions what is termed mal de montagne in both men ...
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... fall of sun - heat is largest , as we should expect , in the tropics , amounting to a range of as much as twelve hundredths of an inch at Calcutta , and diminishing thence as we travel polewards , until at Greenwich it is only about .02 ...
... fall of sun - heat is largest , as we should expect , in the tropics , amounting to a range of as much as twelve hundredths of an inch at Calcutta , and diminishing thence as we travel polewards , until at Greenwich it is only about .02 ...
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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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