The Story of the Earth's AtmosphereD. Appleton, 1898 |
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... light and heat could penetrate , and yet substantial enough to support animal life . This is the pres- ent condition of our own planet . We must not , however , suppose that this state of things holds on every other planet . The rate at ...
... light and heat could penetrate , and yet substantial enough to support animal life . This is the pres- ent condition of our own planet . We must not , however , suppose that this state of things holds on every other planet . The rate at ...
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... light penetrated the seas then as now . The atmosphere , therefore , must have been equally transparent . Doubtless , more va- pour and carbonic acid were present . Indeed , some of the latter has since been locked up in a solid form in ...
... light penetrated the seas then as now . The atmosphere , therefore , must have been equally transparent . Doubtless , more va- pour and carbonic acid were present . Indeed , some of the latter has since been locked up in a solid form in ...
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... 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 the amount ...
... 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 the amount ...
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... light , if we are careful to remember that its quantity ( generally about 1 per cent . by weight ) is ever varying , and that the volume of dry air it displaces and occupies itself , depends on the tem- perature as well as the mass of ...
... light , if we are careful to remember that its quantity ( generally about 1 per cent . by weight ) is ever varying , and that the volume of dry air it displaces and occupies itself , depends on the tem- perature as well as the mass of ...
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... 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 into black as we ascend is readily seen to be the result of their gradual diminution in number ...
... 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 into black as we ascend is readily seen to be the result of their gradual diminution in number ...
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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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Página 110 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.