Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page vii
... ; and , as a natural result , many erroneous ideas have become current as to what are really the charac- teristics of the tropical as distinguished from the temperate zones . In the present volume I have attempted to supply this.
... ; and , as a natural result , many erroneous ideas have become current as to what are really the charac- teristics of the tropical as distinguished from the temperate zones . In the present volume I have attempted to supply this.
Page viii
... temperate zones open up so many interesting questions as to the past history of the earth , that the present inquiry may be considered a necessary preliminary to a study of the problem - how to determine the climates of geologic periods ...
... temperate zones open up so many interesting questions as to the past history of the earth , that the present inquiry may be considered a necessary preliminary to a study of the problem - how to determine the climates of geologic periods ...
Page ix
... temperate 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 ...
... temperate 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 ...
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... temperate climate , and to explain the causes of the difference between them , -causes which are by no means of so simple a nature as are usually imagined . The three great divisions of the earth — the tropical , the temperate , and the ...
... temperate climate , and to explain the causes of the difference between them , -causes which are by no means of so simple a nature as are usually imagined . The three great divisions of the earth — the tropical , the temperate , and the ...
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... temperate land to realize either the sudden and violent contrasts of the arctic seasons or the wonderful uniformity of the equa- torial climate . The lengthening or the shortening days , the ever - changing tints of spring , summer ...
... temperate land to realize either the sudden and violent contrasts of the arctic seasons or the wonderful uniformity of the equa- torial climate . The lengthening or the shortening days , the ever - changing tints of spring , summer ...
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