Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page vii
... and , 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.
... and , 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 viii
... present inquiry may be considered a necessary preliminary to a study of the problem - how to determine the climates of geologic periods from the character of their organic remains . This part of the subject is however both complex and ...
... present inquiry may be considered a necessary preliminary to a study of the problem - how to determine the climates of geologic periods from the character of their organic remains . This part of the subject is however both complex and ...
Page xiii
... Present and Past Distribution of Land and Sea - Zoological Regions - The Palæ- arctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The Oriental Region - Past changes of the Great Eastern Continent - Regions of the New World - Past His- tory of the ...
... Present and Past Distribution of Land and Sea - Zoological Regions - The Palæ- arctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The Oriental Region - Past changes of the Great Eastern Continent - Regions of the New World - Past His- tory of the ...
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... 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 of so simple a ...
... 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 of so simple a ...
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... present in considerable quantities in the atmosphere , exhibits a singular and very important relation to solar and terrestrial heat . The rays of the sun pass through it unobstructed to the earth ; but the warmth given off by the ...
... present in considerable quantities in the atmosphere , exhibits a singular and very important relation to solar and terrestrial heat . The rays of the sun pass through it unobstructed to the earth ; but the warmth given off by the ...
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