Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... seen that it is at Batavia , the mean temperature of about 80 ° Fahr . is reached at a depth of four or five feet . The surplus heat received during the day is therefore conducted down- wards very slowly , the surface soil becomes ...
... seen that it is at Batavia , the mean temperature of about 80 ° Fahr . is reached at a depth of four or five feet . The surplus heat received during the day is therefore conducted down- wards very slowly , the surface soil becomes ...
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... seen low down in the northern heavens , and the Pole star either appears close to the horizon or has altogether disappeared according as we are north or south of the equator . Towards the south the Southern Cross , the Magellanic clouds ...
... seen low down in the northern heavens , and the Pole star either appears close to the horizon or has altogether disappeared according as we are north or south of the equator . Towards the south the Southern Cross , the Magellanic clouds ...
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... seen under the trees . Towards evening life revives . again , and the ringing uproar is resumed from bush and tree . The following morning the sun again rises in a cloudless sky ; and so the cycle is completed ; spring , summer , and ...
... seen under the trees . Towards evening life revives . again , and the ringing uproar is resumed from bush and tree . The following morning the sun again rises in a cloudless sky ; and so the cycle is completed ; spring , summer , and ...
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... seen in North America and Northern Euro - Asia , where they form the great northern forests of deciduous trees and of Coniferæ . These being comparatively well- known to us , will form the standard by a reference to which we shall ...
... seen in North America and Northern Euro - Asia , where they form the great northern forests of deciduous trees and of Coniferæ . These being comparatively well- known to us , will form the standard by a reference to which we shall ...
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... seen , and even the intense tropical sunlight only penetrates to the ground subdued and broken up into scattered fragments . There is a weird gloom and a solemn silence , which combine to produce a sense of the vast - the primeval ...
... seen , and even the intense tropical sunlight only penetrates to the ground subdued and broken up into scattered fragments . There is a weird gloom and a solemn silence , which combine to produce a sense of the vast - the primeval ...
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