The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 6. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1878 |
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... observation . Speaking generally it sinks little from the equator to 20 ° N. and S. lat .; from 20 ° to 70 ° it ... observations of temperature at different heights , the results of which may be thus summarized . Within the first 1000 ...
... observation . Speaking generally it sinks little from the equator to 20 ° N. and S. lat .; from 20 ° to 70 ° it ... observations of temperature at different heights , the results of which may be thus summarized . Within the first 1000 ...
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... observed in calm weather in winter , when the ground becomes colder than the air above it , that systems of descending currents of air set in over the whole face of the country . The direction and force of these descend- ing currents ...
... observed in calm weather in winter , when the ground becomes colder than the air above it , that systems of descending currents of air set in over the whole face of the country . The direction and force of these descend- ing currents ...
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... observed as high as 125 ° . It is this hot air , loaded with particles of sand still notter , and driven onwards by ... observed to approximate to what is observed in the open country ) , a result evidently due to the facility of descent ...
... observed as high as 125 ° . It is this hot air , loaded with particles of sand still notter , and driven onwards by ... observed to approximate to what is observed in the open country ) , a result evidently due to the facility of descent ...
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... observations of temperature , viz . , that the whole of the depths of the sea is filled with water at or closely ... observed . There yet remain to be devised some means of making truly comparable thermometric and hygrometric observa ...
... observations of temperature , viz . , that the whole of the depths of the sea is filled with water at or closely ... observed . There yet remain to be devised some means of making truly comparable thermometric and hygrometric observa ...
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... observed difference between the west and east climates of Great Britain is due . In Ireland , on the other hand , where the mountains are not grouped in ranges running north and south , but in isolated masses , the difference between ...
... observed difference between the west and east climates of Great Britain is due . In Ireland , on the other hand , where the mountains are not grouped in ranges running north and south , but in isolated masses , the difference between ...
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