Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page vii
... , 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.
... , 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 2
... becomes vertical at noon twice a year , and at the extreme limit once a year , while beyond this distance it is never vertical . It will be evident , however , from the nature of the case , that the two lines which mark the limits of ...
... becomes vertical at noon twice a year , and at the extreme limit once a year , while beyond this distance it is never vertical . It will be evident , however , from the nature of the case , that the two lines which mark the limits of ...
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... becomes painful , and often blisters or peels off . Almost every visitor to the tropics suffers from incautious exposure of the neck , the leg , or some other part of the body to the sun's rays , which there possess a power as new , as ...
... becomes painful , and often blisters or peels off . Almost every visitor to the tropics suffers from incautious exposure of the neck , the leg , or some other part of the body to the sun's rays , which there possess a power as new , as ...
Page 8
... becomes greatly super- heated , and a large portion of this heat is given out at night and thus keeps up the high temperature of the air when the sun has ceased to warm the earth . In the temperate zones , on the other hand , the ...
... becomes greatly super- heated , and a large portion of this heat is given out at night and thus keeps up the high temperature of the air when the sun has ceased to warm the earth . In the temperate zones , on the other hand , the ...
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... become liquid , and all articles of iron get thickly coated with rust . Complete saturation being represented by 100 , the daily average of greatest humidity at Batavia reaches 96 in January and 92 in December . In January , which is ...
... become liquid , and all articles of iron get thickly coated with rust . Complete saturation being represented by 100 , the daily average of greatest humidity at Batavia reaches 96 in January and 92 in December . In January , which is ...
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