Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page vii
... light , its superb vegetable forms , its brilliant tints of flower and bird and insect . Each strange and beautiful object has been described in detail ; and both the scenery and the natural phenomena of the tropics have been depicted ...
... light , its superb vegetable forms , its brilliant tints of flower and bird and insect . Each strange and beautiful object has been described in detail ; and both the scenery and the natural phenomena of the tropics have been depicted ...
Page xii
... Light as producing Colour Changes of Colour in Animals produced by Coloured Light— Classification of Organic Colours - Protective Colours - Warning Colours -Sexual Colours -- Typical Colours - The Nature of Colour - How Animal Colours ...
... Light as producing Colour Changes of Colour in Animals produced by Coloured Light— Classification of Organic Colours - Protective Colours - Warning Colours -Sexual Colours -- Typical Colours - The Nature of Colour - How Animal Colours ...
Page 2
... light and heat . This incli- nation of the axis on which the earth rotates is usually defined by the inclination of the equator to the plane of the orbit , termed the obliquity of the ecliptic . The amount of this obliquity is 23 ...
... light and heat . This incli- nation of the axis on which the earth rotates is usually defined by the inclination of the equator to the plane of the orbit , termed the obliquity of the ecliptic . The amount of this obliquity is 23 ...
Page 12
... light , and are probably in great part local sea - breezes , which , from the position of Batavia , must come from the north . As a rule , therefore , every current of air at or near the equator has passed obliquely over an immense ...
... light , and are probably in great part local sea - breezes , which , from the position of Batavia , must come from the north . As a rule , therefore , every current of air at or near the equator has passed obliquely over an immense ...
Page 22
... light becomes perceptible ; it slowly becomes lighter , and then increases so rapidly that at about a quarter to six it seems full daylight . For the next quarter of an hour this changes very little in character ; when , suddenly , the ...
... light becomes perceptible ; it slowly becomes lighter , and then increases so rapidly that at about a quarter to six it seems full daylight . For the next quarter of an hour this changes very little in character ; when , suddenly , the ...
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