Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page ix
... regions . While discussing the general laws and phenomena of colour in the organic world , and its special develop- ments among certain groups of animals , I have been led to a theory of the diverse colours of the sexes and of the ...
... regions . While discussing the general laws and phenomena of colour in the organic world , and its special develop- ments among certain groups of animals , I have been led to a theory of the diverse colours of the sexes and of the ...
Page xiii
... Regions - The Pala- arctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The Oriental Region - Past changes of the Great Eastern Continent - Regions of the New World - Past His- tory of the American Continents - The Australian Region - Summary and ...
... Regions - The Pala- arctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The Oriental Region - Past changes of the Great Eastern Continent - Regions of the New World - Past His- tory of the American Continents - The Australian Region - Summary and ...
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... regions of uniform , of variable , and of extreme physical conditions respectively . They are primarily determined by the circumstance of the earth's axis not being perpendicular to the plane in which it moves round the sun ; whence it ...
... regions of uniform , of variable , and of extreme physical conditions respectively . They are primarily determined by the circumstance of the earth's axis not being perpendicular to the plane in which it moves round the sun ; whence it ...
Page 2
... regions of uniform , of variable , and of extreme physical conditions respectively . They are pri- marily determined by the circumstance of the earth's axis not being perpendicular to the plane in which it moves round the sun ; whence ...
... regions of uniform , of variable , and of extreme physical conditions respectively . They are pri- marily determined by the circumstance of the earth's axis not being perpendicular to the plane in which it moves round the sun ; whence ...
Page 7
... regions which cause the winds that reach the equatorial zone to be always warm , —and the latent heat given out during the formation of rain and dew . We will briefly consider the manner in which each of these causes contributes to the ...
... regions which cause the winds that reach the equatorial zone to be always warm , —and the latent heat given out during the formation of rain and dew . We will briefly consider the manner in which each of these causes contributes to the ...
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