The Story of the Earth's AtmosphereD. Appleton, 1898 |
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... surface to form a thin solid crust , beneath which it still remained more or less liquid , and above which enough gases still remained uncondensed to form a thin atmosphere , through which light and heat could penetrate , and yet ...
... surface to form a thin solid crust , beneath which it still remained more or less liquid , and above which enough gases still remained uncondensed to form a thin atmosphere , through which light and heat could penetrate , and yet ...
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... surface that , while enough remains to supply its polar caps with snow during the winter , its parched equatorial deserts are believed by Mr. Lowell , of the Arizona Observatory , and others who have made it a special study , to be ...
... surface that , while enough remains to supply its polar caps with snow during the winter , its parched equatorial deserts are believed by Mr. Lowell , of the Arizona Observatory , and others who have made it a special study , to be ...
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... , metallic vapours which poured down . metallic rain , only to be boiled off again on approaching the heated surface . After a time , however , such metallic rain would cease to rise again 12 THE STORY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
... , metallic vapours which poured down . metallic rain , only to be boiled off again on approaching the heated surface . After a time , however , such metallic rain would cease to rise again 12 THE STORY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
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... surface was cool enough to ad- mit of animal and vegetable growth , the atmos- phere must have been practically as clear as it is to - day . In proof of this we find that those remarkable trilobites or sea - lice of the Silurian period ...
... surface was cool enough to ad- mit of animal and vegetable growth , the atmos- phere must have been practically as clear as it is to - day . In proof of this we find that those remarkable trilobites or sea - lice of the Silurian period ...
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... of the earth is cer- tainly not more than 100 miles . The height of our atmosphere has never been measured as we measure distances on the earth's surface ,. FIG . 2. - Strato - cumulus ( high ) . 14 THE STORY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
... of the earth is cer- tainly not more than 100 miles . The height of our atmosphere has never been measured as we measure distances on the earth's surface ,. FIG . 2. - Strato - cumulus ( high ) . 14 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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