The Story of the Earth's AtmosphereD. Appleton, 1898 |
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... tropics , amounting to a 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 ...
... tropics , amounting to a 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 ...
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... tropics . For ex- ample , in India , the difference between the tem- perature at the two epochs varies from 1 to 2 degrees on the mean of the year . A similar periodic change is found to prevail in conditions which depend upon air ...
... tropics . For ex- ample , in India , the difference between the tem- perature at the two epochs varies from 1 to 2 degrees on the mean of the year . A similar periodic change is found to prevail in conditions which depend upon air ...
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... tropics . Several attempts have been made to measure the heat conveyed by both these streams . Dr. Haughton of Dublin some years ago estimated that these two streams together carried one - third of the total heat received by the ...
... tropics . Several attempts have been made to measure the heat conveyed by both these streams . Dr. Haughton of Dublin some years ago estimated that these two streams together carried one - third of the total heat received by the ...
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... tropics used to be called the calms of Cancer and Capricorn . The preceding explanation may be better real- ised if we take a vertical section of the atmos- phere along a meridian as it actually exists , and draw sections of the general ...
... tropics used to be called the calms of Cancer and Capricorn . The preceding explanation may be better real- ised if we take a vertical section of the atmos- phere along a meridian as it actually exists , and draw sections of the general ...
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... tropical is here used to signify on or near the tropics or turning points and not to the entire space between them as is usually the case . the air lying over land and water surfaces is ob- 80 THE STORY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE .
... tropical is here used to signify on or near the tropics or turning points and not to the entire space between them as is usually the case . the air lying over land and water surfaces is ob- 80 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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