The Story of the Earth's AtmosphereD. Appleton, 1898 |
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... northern summer , more heat falls on latitude 25 degrees north ( the latitude of northern India ) than on the equator . If again we take the three months nearest midsummer , i . e . from May 7th to August 7th , the zone of greatest heat ...
... northern summer , more heat falls on latitude 25 degrees north ( the latitude of northern India ) than on the equator . If again we take the three months nearest midsummer , i . e . from May 7th to August 7th , the zone of greatest heat ...
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... northern land , so that on latitude 20 degrees S. , where it reaches its greatest effect , it only adds th to what would occur if the dis- tance were invariable . Since the temperature of the atmosphere re- sults from the accumulation ...
... northern land , so that on latitude 20 degrees S. , where it reaches its greatest effect , it only adds th to what would occur if the dis- tance were invariable . Since the temperature of the atmosphere re- sults from the accumulation ...
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... northern 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 ...
... northern 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 ...
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... northern continents the position of the greatest annual temperature range is to the east of their geographical centres . This is chiefly owing to the influence of the warm cur- rents which bathe their western shores and the accompanying ...
... northern continents the position of the greatest annual temperature range is to the east of their geographical centres . This is chiefly owing to the influence of the warm cur- rents which bathe their western shores and the accompanying ...
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... total heat received by the northern tropi- cal zone towards the middle latitudes . Ferrel , however , has more recently shown that it is more probably one - sixth . As we have already seen 60 THE STORY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
... total heat received by the northern tropi- cal zone towards the middle latitudes . Ferrel , however , has more recently shown that it is more probably one - sixth . As we have already seen 60 THE STORY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
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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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