Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 13
... perhaps be made clearer by an illustration . Let us suppose there to be two reservoirs of water , each supplied by a pipe which pours into it a thousand gallons a day , but which runs only during the daytime , being cut off at night ...
... perhaps be made clearer by an illustration . Let us suppose there to be two reservoirs of water , each supplied by a pipe which pours into it a thousand gallons a day , but which runs only during the daytime , being cut off at night ...
Page 16
... perhaps be objected , that evaporation must absorb as much heat as is afterwards liberated by con- densation , and this is true ; but as evaporation and condensation occur usually at different times and in different places , the ...
... perhaps be objected , that evaporation must absorb as much heat as is afterwards liberated by con- densation , and this is true ; but as evaporation and condensation occur usually at different times and in different places , the ...
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... perhaps even more striking . Up to about a quarter past five o'clock the darkness is complete ; but about that time a few cries of birds begin to break the silence of night , perhaps indicating that signs of dawn are perceptible in the ...
... perhaps even more striking . Up to about a quarter past five o'clock the darkness is complete ; but about that time a few cries of birds begin to break the silence of night , perhaps indicating that signs of dawn are perceptible in the ...
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... perhaps be first struck by the varied yet symmetrical trunks , which rise up with perfect straightness to a great height without a branch , and which , being placed at a considerable average distance apart , give an impression similar ...
... perhaps be first struck by the varied yet symmetrical trunks , which rise up with perfect straightness to a great height without a branch , and which , being placed at a considerable average distance apart , give an impression similar ...
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... perhaps many trees belonging to other natural orders , possess these appendages . There is another form of tree , hardly less curious , in which the trunk , though generally straight and cylin- drical , is deeply furrowed and indented ...
... perhaps many trees belonging to other natural orders , possess these appendages . There is another form of tree , hardly less curious , in which the trunk , though generally straight and cylin- drical , is deeply furrowed and indented ...
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