The Story of the Earth's AtmosphereD. Appleton, 1898 |
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... 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 inch , or one- sixth of its tropical value . Nearer the poles it vanishes altogether ...
... 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 inch , or one- sixth of its tropical value . Nearer the poles it vanishes altogether ...
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... range appears to reduce the rate . If we take the region of the North West Himalaya we shall find that the mean tempera- ture of London would be reached at a height of 9600 feet , and the range of temperature through- out the year would ...
... range appears to reduce the rate . If we take the region of the North West Himalaya we shall find that the mean tempera- ture of London would be reached at a height of 9600 feet , and the range of temperature through- out the year would ...
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... range on either side of a certain average throughout the year . These would rise to their highest level over the equator , and their height in any latitude would show us at what elevation we should experience some par- ticular ...
... range on either side of a certain average throughout the year . These would rise to their highest level over the equator , and their height in any latitude would show us at what elevation we should experience some par- ticular ...
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... range of temperature in the 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 ...
... range of temperature in the 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 ...
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... ranges of the temperature of the lowest atmospheric stratum between day and night occur in the driest parts of the earth , in the interior of continents , such as the Sahara , Arabia , Gobi desert , Rajputana , Colo- rado , etc. , where ...
... ranges of the temperature of the lowest atmospheric stratum between day and night occur in the driest parts of the earth , in the interior of continents , such as the Sahara , Arabia , Gobi desert , Rajputana , Colo- rado , etc. , where ...
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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.