Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... Extreme Antiquity - Antiquity of Intellectual Man- Sculptures on Easter - Island - North American Earthworks - The Great Pyramid - Conclusion • pages 249-303 VIII . THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS AS INDICATING GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES . Old ...
... Extreme Antiquity - Antiquity of Intellectual Man- Sculptures on Easter - Island - North American Earthworks - The Great Pyramid - Conclusion • pages 249-303 VIII . THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS AS INDICATING GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES . Old ...
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... extreme . In the present chapter it is proposed to describe the chief peculiarities which distinguish the equatorial from the temperate climate , and to explain the causes of the difference between them , -causes which are by no means ...
... extreme . In the present chapter it is proposed to describe the chief peculiarities which distinguish the equatorial from the temperate climate , and to explain the causes of the difference between them , -causes which are by no means ...
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... extreme range of temperature in that period was only 27 ° Fahr . , the maximum being 95 ° and the mini- mum 68 ... extreme than many continental localities . Observations made at Para , which is continental and close to the equator ...
... extreme range of temperature in that period was only 27 ° Fahr . , the maximum being 95 ° and the mini- mum 68 ... extreme than many continental localities . Observations made at Para , which is continental and close to the equator ...
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... extreme dryness of the atmosphere , the clear nights are very cold , radiation being sometimes so rapid that water placed in shallow pans becomes frozen over . As the heated earth , and everything upon its surface 10 TROPICAL NATURE ...
... extreme dryness of the atmosphere , the clear nights are very cold , radiation being sometimes so rapid that water placed in shallow pans becomes frozen over . As the heated earth , and everything upon its surface 10 TROPICAL NATURE ...
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... extreme heat , while condensation takes place chiefly at night in the form of dew and rain , when the liberated heat helps to make up for the loss of the direct rays of the sun . Again , the most copious condensation both of dew and ...
... extreme heat , while condensation takes place chiefly at night in the form of dew and rain , when the liberated heat helps to make up for the loss of the direct rays of the sun . Again , the most copious condensation both of dew and ...
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