The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... considerable number of pieces of rock , sometimes of a very considerable size ; and these are of course deposited on the sea - bed when the icebergs melt ( which they usually do on the borders of the Gulf Stream ) , thus forming a vast ...
... considerable number of pieces of rock , sometimes of a very considerable size ; and these are of course deposited on the sea - bed when the icebergs melt ( which they usually do on the borders of the Gulf Stream ) , thus forming a vast ...
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... considerable distance from the coast of North Africa , there are three principal groups , the Madeiras , Canaries , and Cape Verd , —all of which have an evidently volcanic origin , and rise up from the eastern slope of the basin ...
... considerable distance from the coast of North Africa , there are three principal groups , the Madeiras , Canaries , and Cape Verd , —all of which have an evidently volcanic origin , and rise up from the eastern slope of the basin ...
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... considerable accuracy ; and it corresponds closely with what has been already stated as the course of the surface currents . There is , of course , a seasonal change , alike in its northern and in its southern division , this change ...
... considerable accuracy ; and it corresponds closely with what has been already stated as the course of the surface currents . There is , of course , a seasonal change , alike in its northern and in its southern division , this change ...
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... considerable depth , the surface of the ocean on which the atmosphere rests is much less heated during the day than is the surface of the land . Similarly it is also less cooled during the night by terrestrial radiation . This points to ...
... considerable depth , the surface of the ocean on which the atmosphere rests is much less heated during the day than is the surface of the land . Similarly it is also less cooled during the night by terrestrial radiation . This points to ...
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... considerable differences in the specific gravities of the four constituent gases of the atmosphere , viz . , oxygen , nitrogen , carbonic acid gas , and aqueous vapour , there is yet no tendency to separation among them , area . Great ...
... considerable differences in the specific gravities of the four constituent gases of the atmosphere , viz . , oxygen , nitrogen , carbonic acid gas , and aqueous vapour , there is yet no tendency to separation among them , area . Great ...
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