Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... Causes of the Uniform High Temperature near the Equator - Influence of the Heat of the Soil - Influence of the Aqueous Vapour of the Atmo- sphere - Influence of Winds on the Temperature of the Equator - Heat due to the Condensation of ...
... Causes of the Uniform High Temperature near the Equator - Influence of the Heat of the Soil - Influence of the Aqueous Vapour of the Atmo- sphere - Influence of Winds on the Temperature of the Equator - Heat due to the Condensation of ...
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... causes of the difference between them , -causes which are by no means of so simple a nature as are usually imagined . The three great divisions of the earth - the tropical , the temperate , and the frigid zones , may be briefly defined ...
... causes of the difference between them , -causes which are by no means of so simple a nature as are usually imagined . The three great divisions of the earth - the tropical , the temperate , and the frigid zones , may be briefly defined ...
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... causes are most fully manifested , and which we may distinguish as the " equatorial zone . " In the debateable ground between these two well contrasted belts local causes have a pre- ponderating influence ; and it would not be difficult ...
... causes are most fully manifested , and which we may distinguish as the " equatorial zone . " In the debateable ground between these two well contrasted belts local causes have a pre- ponderating influence ; and it would not be difficult ...
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... 90 85 35 Batavia 80 80 25 Meah Lowest 75 75 70 20 65 65 60 55 50 45 Mean Highest 70 65 60 London 55 30 50 45 40 40 Meah Lowest 35 3 35 35 30 30 Causes of the Uniform High Temperature near the Equator . TEMPERATURE AT BATAVIA AND LONDON . 5.
... 90 85 35 Batavia 80 80 25 Meah Lowest 75 75 70 20 65 65 60 55 50 45 Mean Highest 70 65 60 London 55 30 50 45 40 40 Meah Lowest 35 3 35 35 30 30 Causes of the Uniform High Temperature near the Equator . TEMPERATURE AT BATAVIA AND LONDON . 5.
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Alfred Russel Wallace. Causes of the Uniform High Temperature near the Equator . It is popularly supposed that the uniform high temperature of the tropics is sufficiently explained by the greater altitude , and therefore greater heating ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. Causes of the Uniform High Temperature near the Equator . It is popularly supposed that the uniform high temperature of the tropics is sufficiently explained by the greater altitude , and therefore greater heating ...
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