The Story of the Earth's AtmosphereD. Appleton, 1898 |
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... waves of 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 ...
... waves of 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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... waves of high and low pressure . Even along Western Europe the winds blow more towards the land in summer and from it in the winter . Where a small area on the land or sea is heated up above its neighbourhood we have the initial ...
... waves of high and low pressure . Even along Western Europe the winds blow more towards the land in summer and from it in the winter . Where a small area on the land or sea is heated up above its neighbourhood we have the initial ...
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... wave movements in that wonderful medium which pervades all space termed æther , and partly because the conditions in the ... waves about .00003 in . Beyond these visible rays are invisible ones which affect the atmosphere and earth , and ...
... wave movements in that wonderful medium which pervades all space termed æther , and partly because the conditions in the ... waves about .00003 in . Beyond these visible rays are invisible ones which affect the atmosphere and earth , and ...
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... waves at the red end of the prismatic spec- trum . The red colour of the sun when seen through a fog is due to a like excess of absorption and scattering of blue rays by the particles of fog . Similarly , the blue colour of the sky when ...
... waves at the red end of the prismatic spec- trum . The red colour of the sun when seen through a fog is due to a like excess of absorption and scattering of blue rays by the particles of fog . Similarly , the blue colour of the sky when ...
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... wave which was forced up the Bay on to the low - lying islands of Dakhin Shabaspore and Noakolly at the mouth of the giant Brahmaputra . While cyclones are comparatively rare in the tropics , they are very prevalent , though fortu ...
... wave which was forced up the Bay on to the low - lying islands of Dakhin Shabaspore and Noakolly at the mouth of the giant Brahmaputra . While cyclones are comparatively rare in the tropics , they are very prevalent , though fortu ...
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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.