Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... surface - waters of the ocean , the great amount of aqueous vapour in the atmosphere , the great extent of the intertropical regions which cause the winds that reach the equatorial zone to be always warm , -and the latent heat given out ...
... surface - waters of the ocean , the great amount of aqueous vapour in the atmosphere , the great extent of the intertropical regions which cause the winds that reach the equatorial zone to be always warm , -and the latent heat given out ...
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... surface soil becomes greatly super- heated , and a large portion of this heat is given out at night and thus keeps up the high temperature of the air when the sun has ceased to warm the earth . In the temperate zones , on the other hand ...
... surface soil becomes greatly super- heated , and a large portion of this heat is given out at night and thus keeps up the high temperature of the air when the sun has ceased to warm the earth . In the temperate zones , on the other hand ...
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... surface soil during the day . That this is really the case is strikingly proved by what occurs in the plains of Northern India , where the daily maximum of heat is far beyond anything experienced near the equator , yet , owing to the ...
... surface soil during the day . That this is really the case is strikingly proved by what occurs in the plains of Northern India , where the daily maximum of heat is far beyond anything experienced near the equator , yet , owing to the ...
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... surface are exactly equal , yet the sensible and effective heat produced in the two localities may be very different according as the atmosphere contains much or little vapour . In the one case the heat is absorbed more rapidly than it ...
... surface are exactly equal , yet the sensible and effective heat produced in the two localities may be very different according as the atmosphere contains much or little vapour . In the one case the heat is absorbed more rapidly than it ...
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... surface and is thus necessarily a warm wind . In the north temperate zone , on the other hand , the winds are always cool , and often of very low temperature even in the height of summer , due probably to their coming from colder ...
... surface and is thus necessarily a warm wind . In the north temperate zone , on the other hand , the winds are always cool , and often of very low temperature even in the height of summer , due probably to their coming from colder ...
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