The Story of the Earth's AtmosphereD. Appleton, 1898 |
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... hemisphere to hemisphere . Others , again , which run through their course in a day , are connected with the daily heating and cooling of the air by the sun , while certain short and nearly regular instantaneous changes over large areas ...
... hemisphere to hemisphere . Others , again , which run through their course in a day , are connected with the daily heating and cooling of the air by the sun , while certain short and nearly regular instantaneous changes over large areas ...
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... hemispheres . More- over the effect of changing our latitude introduces another consideration which has a potent ... hemisphere which is en- joying summer . There are thus two influences which work in opposite directions , one , the ...
... hemispheres . More- over the effect of changing our latitude introduces another consideration which has a potent ... hemisphere which is en- joying summer . There are thus two influences which work in opposite directions , one , the ...
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... hemisphere . When the sun's rays fall upon water , or where the locality is naturally moist , the heat is conducted through the top layer , and in any case takes longer to raise its temperature . Where , as always occurs , part of the ...
... hemisphere . When the sun's rays fall upon water , or where the locality is naturally moist , the heat is conducted through the top layer , and in any case takes longer to raise its temperature . Where , as always occurs , part of the ...
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... hemisphere are plainly visible . If we were to undertake a balloon voyage round the world at an average altitude of about 5000 feet we should find very few signs of this pe- culiar distribution which prevails near the surface . The ...
... hemisphere are plainly visible . If we were to undertake a balloon voyage round the world at an average altitude of about 5000 feet we should find very few signs of this pe- culiar distribution which prevails near the surface . The ...
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... hemisphere which is mostly water are uniformly small . In New Zealand , for example , December and June differ by only 10 degrees . Besides the diurnal and annual ranges of tem- perature it is found that there are slow periodic changes.
... hemisphere which is mostly water are uniformly small . In New Zealand , for example , December and June differ by only 10 degrees . Besides the diurnal and annual ranges of tem- perature it is found that there are slow periodic changes.
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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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