The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... pressure of another current , or even that of a mass of stationary water , —its velocity increases ; and so the portion of the Equatorial Current that is pressed to the northward by the coast - line between Cape St Roque and the mouth ...
... pressure of another current , or even that of a mass of stationary water , —its velocity increases ; and so the portion of the Equatorial Current that is pressed to the northward by the coast - line between Cape St Roque and the mouth ...
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... pressure of the Arctic Current , which , during the early months of the year , is driven southwards at the rate of 10 or 12 miles per day by the N. and N.W. winds then pre- vailing along the coast of Labrador , and which , turning ...
... pressure of the Arctic Current , which , during the early months of the year , is driven southwards at the rate of 10 or 12 miles per day by the N. and N.W. winds then pre- vailing along the coast of Labrador , and which , turning ...
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... pressure of the former1 causing a bottom outflow of polar water in the direction of the latter , whilst the reduction of level thus occasioned will produce a surface indraught from the warmer towards the colder areas . The doctrine of ...
... pressure of the former1 causing a bottom outflow of polar water in the direction of the latter , whilst the reduction of level thus occasioned will produce a surface indraught from the warmer towards the colder areas . The doctrine of ...
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... pressure , & c . And when latter differ among each other . Going back still further , these facts are taken in connection with those previously we find in the persistence of certain Foraminiferal types stated as to the probable ...
... pressure , & c . And when latter differ among each other . Going back still further , these facts are taken in connection with those previously we find in the persistence of certain Foraminiferal types stated as to the probable ...
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... pressure is exerted on the human frame in common with | approaches more nearly the point of saturation , and ... pressure of 30 English inches of mercury , and at a temperature of 60 ° Fahr . , weigh 31 03529 grains ; and since 100 cubic ...
... pressure is exerted on the human frame in common with | approaches more nearly the point of saturation , and ... pressure of 30 English inches of mercury , and at a temperature of 60 ° Fahr . , weigh 31 03529 grains ; and since 100 cubic ...
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