The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... observations made by him during the second voyage of Kotzebue ( 1825-1828 ) . Others had been previously led to surmise that " Polar Currents " flow along the floors of the great oceans , even as far as the equator , balancing the ...
... observations made by him during the second voyage of Kotzebue ( 1825-1828 ) . Others had been previously led to surmise that " Polar Currents " flow along the floors of the great oceans , even as far as the equator , balancing the ...
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... observed to separate again from each other , partly by the reduction of the surface - temperature , and partly by the descent of the isotherm of 40 ° to a depth of something less than 400 fathoms , which it keeps with little reduction ...
... observed to separate again from each other , partly by the reduction of the surface - temperature , and partly by the descent of the isotherm of 40 ° to a depth of something less than 400 fathoms , which it keeps with little reduction ...
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... observed differences de- pend . This arises chiefly from the want of a sufficient number of ascertained facts ; and to remedy this deficiency , observations have , in the preparation of this present article , been collected and ...
... observed differences de- pend . This arises chiefly from the want of a sufficient number of ascertained facts ; and to remedy this deficiency , observations have , in the preparation of this present article , been collected and ...
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... observations conducted on a satisfactory and uniform plan ; together with magnetic and electrical observations . It is singularly unfortunate that the disposition of meteorologists of recent years has been to recommend as hours of ...
... observations conducted on a satisfactory and uniform plan ; together with magnetic and electrical observations . It is singularly unfortunate that the disposition of meteorologists of recent years has been to recommend as hours of ...
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... observed , is wholly free , so that absolutely dry air does not exist in the free atmosphere . The dry air of the atmosphere - oxygen ( inclusive of ozone ) , nitrogen , and carbonic acid - is always a gas , and its quantity is constant ...
... observed , is wholly free , so that absolutely dry air does not exist in the free atmosphere . The dry air of the atmosphere - oxygen ( inclusive of ozone ) , nitrogen , and carbonic acid - is always a gas , and its quantity is constant ...
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