Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page viii
... climates of geologic periods from the character of their organic remains . This part of the subject is however both complex ... climate are discussed in some detail , and the somewhat complex principles on which it depends are popularly ...
... climates of geologic periods from the character of their organic remains . This part of the subject is however both complex ... climate are discussed in some detail , and the somewhat complex principles on which it depends are popularly ...
Page ix
... climate and physical conditions of the tropics . The chapter entitled " By - paths in the Domain of Biology " contains an account of certain curious relations of colour to locality , which are almost exclusively manifested within the ...
... climate and physical conditions of the tropics . The chapter entitled " By - paths in the Domain of Biology " contains an account of certain curious relations of colour to locality , which are almost exclusively manifested within the ...
Page x
... nature is normal , and that its presence hardly requires to be accounted for so much as its absence - is an essential part of the theory . CROYDON , April , 1878 . CONTENTS . I. THE CLIMATE AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE X PREFACE .
... nature is normal , and that its presence hardly requires to be accounted for so much as its absence - is an essential part of the theory . CROYDON , April , 1878 . CONTENTS . I. THE CLIMATE AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE X PREFACE .
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... Climate - Uniformity of the Equatorial Cli- mate in all Parts of the Globe - Effects of Vegetation on Climate - Short Twilight of the Equatorial Zone - The Aspect of the Equatorial Heavens -Intensity of Meteorological Phenomena at the ...
... Climate - Uniformity of the Equatorial Cli- mate in all Parts of the Globe - Effects of Vegetation on Climate - Short Twilight of the Equatorial Zone - The Aspect of the Equatorial Heavens -Intensity of Meteorological Phenomena at the ...
Page xv
Alfred Russel Wallace. TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS . TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS . I. THE CLIMATE.
Alfred Russel Wallace. TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS . TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS . I. THE CLIMATE.
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