Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... North American Earthworks - The Great Pyramid - Conclusion • pages 249-303 VIII . THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS AS INDICATING GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES . Old Opinions on Continental Changes - Theory of Oceanic Islands - Present and Past ...
... North American Earthworks - The Great Pyramid - Conclusion • pages 249-303 VIII . THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS AS INDICATING GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES . Old Opinions on Continental Changes - Theory of Oceanic Islands - Present and Past ...
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... north pole , and during the other half the south pole , is turned at a considerable angle towards the source of light and heat . This inclination of the axis on which the earth rotates is usually defined by the inclination of the ...
... north pole , and during the other half the south pole , is turned at a considerable angle towards the source of light and heat . This inclination of the axis on which the earth rotates is usually defined by the inclination of the ...
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... north pole , and during the other half the south pole , is turned at a considerable angle towards the source of light and heat . This incli- nation of the axis on which the earth rotates is usually defined by the inclination of the ...
... north pole , and during the other half the south pole , is turned at a considerable angle towards the source of light and heat . This incli- nation of the axis on which the earth rotates is usually defined by the inclination of the ...
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... north latitude , the sun's noonday altitude is 62 ° . But besides this difference of altitude in favour of London there is a still more important difference ; for in Java the day is only about eleven and a half hours long in the month ...
... north latitude , the sun's noonday altitude is 62 ° . But besides this difference of altitude in favour of London there is a still more important difference ; for in Java the day is only about eleven and a half hours long in the month ...
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... north or south have their direction changed owing to the increasing rapidity of the earth's rotational velocity , so that they reach the equator as easterly winds , and thus pass obliquely over a great extent of the heated surface of ...
... north or south have their direction changed owing to the increasing rapidity of the earth's rotational velocity , so that they reach the equator as easterly winds , and thus pass obliquely over a great extent of the heated surface of ...
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