Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... Means of Recognition - Colour proportionate to Integumentary Development - Selection by Females not a Cause of Colour - Probable Use of the Horns of Beetles - Cause of the greater Brilliancy of some Female Insects - Origin of the ...
... Means of Recognition - Colour proportionate to Integumentary Development - Selection by Females not a Cause of Colour - Probable Use of the Horns of Beetles - Cause of the greater Brilliancy of some Female Insects - Origin of the ...
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... means of so simple a nature as are usually imagined . The three great divisions of the earth - the tropical , the temperate , and the frigid zones , may be briefly defined as the regions of uniform , of variable , and of extreme ...
... means of so simple a nature as are usually imagined . The three great divisions of the earth - the tropical , the temperate , and the frigid zones , may be briefly defined as the regions of uniform , of variable , and of extreme ...
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... means remarkably different in the two places , 90 ° Fahr . being sometimes reached with us and not being often very ... Mean Temperature at Batavia & London . Degrees Fahr 4 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
... means remarkably different in the two places , 90 ° Fahr . being sometimes reached with us and not being often very ... Mean Temperature at Batavia & London . Degrees Fahr 4 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
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Alfred Russel Wallace. Monthly Mean Temperature at Batavia & London . Degrees Fahr 90 90 85 Mean Highest 85 80 Batavia 80 Mean Lowest 75 75 75 70 65 335 70 65 9 60 60 London 55 55 Mean Highest 50 50 45 45 40 40 Mean Lowest 35 35 30 130 ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. Monthly Mean Temperature at Batavia & London . Degrees Fahr 90 90 85 Mean Highest 85 80 Batavia 80 Mean Lowest 75 75 75 70 65 335 70 65 9 60 60 London 55 55 Mean Highest 50 50 45 45 40 40 Mean Lowest 35 35 30 130 ...
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... means accounts for the phenomenon . The island of Java is situated in from six and a half to eight and a half ... mean temperature of the day and night is under 60 ° Fahr . , while in the latter place it is 80 ° Fahr . , the daily ...
... means accounts for the phenomenon . The island of Java is situated in from six and a half to eight and a half ... mean temperature of the day and night is under 60 ° Fahr . , while in the latter place it is 80 ° Fahr . , the daily ...
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