Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 7
... probably , -the constant high temperature of the soil and of the surface - waters of the ocean , the great amount of aqueous vapour in the atmosphere , the great extent of the intertropical regions which cause the winds that reach the ...
... probably , -the constant high temperature of the soil and of the surface - waters of the ocean , the great amount of aqueous vapour in the atmosphere , the great extent of the intertropical regions which cause the winds that reach the ...
Page 8
... probably fifty or sixty feet , and the temperature found there is nearly forty degrees lower than at the equator . This great body of cool earth absorbs a large portion of the surface heat during the summer , and con- ducts it downwards ...
... probably fifty or sixty feet , and the temperature found there is nearly forty degrees lower than at the equator . This great body of cool earth absorbs a large portion of the surface heat during the summer , and con- ducts it downwards ...
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... probably in great part local sea - breezes , which , from the position of Batavia , must come from the north . As a rule , therefore , every current of air at or near the equator has passed obliquely over an immense extent of tropical ...
... probably in great part local sea - breezes , which , from the position of Batavia , must come from the north . As a rule , therefore , every current of air at or near the equator has passed obliquely over an immense extent of tropical ...
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... probably a cold mountain wind , and blow- ing as it does over a continuous forest it has been unable to acquire the usual tropical warmth . The cause of the striking contrast between the climates . of equatorial and temperate lands at ...
... probably a cold mountain wind , and blow- ing as it does over a continuous forest it has been unable to acquire the usual tropical warmth . The cause of the striking contrast between the climates . of equatorial and temperate lands at ...
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... probably no district where judicious planting would produce such striking and beneficial effects . In Central India the scanty and intermittent rainfall , with its fearful accompaniment of famine , is no doubt in great part due to the ...
... probably no district where judicious planting would produce such striking and beneficial effects . In Central India the scanty and intermittent rainfall , with its fearful accompaniment of famine , is no doubt in great part due to the ...
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