Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... Climate - Uniformity of the Equatorial Climate in all parts of the globe - Effects of Vegetation on Climate - Short Twilight of the Equa- torial Zone The aspect of the Equatorial Heavens - Intensity of meteor- ological phenomena at the ...
... Climate - Uniformity of the Equatorial Climate in all parts of the globe - Effects of Vegetation on Climate - Short Twilight of the Equa- torial Zone The aspect of the Equatorial Heavens - Intensity of meteor- ological phenomena at the ...
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... climate , and to explain the 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 ...
... climate , and to explain the 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 ...
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Alfred Russel Wallace. change of climate or physical conditions , such as characterise the tropical and temperate zones in their full development . There will be a gradual transition from one to the other , and in order to study them ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. change of climate or physical conditions , such as characterise the tropical and temperate zones in their full development . There will be a gradual transition from one to the other , and in order to study them ...
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... climate of the equatorial zone ; though , being in an island , it is somewhat less extreme than many continental localities . Observations made at Para , which is continental and close to the equator , agree how- ever very closely with ...
... climate of the equatorial zone ; though , being in an island , it is somewhat less extreme than many continental localities . Observations made at Para , which is continental and close to the equator , agree how- ever very closely with ...
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... climate . Influence of the Aqueous Vapour of the Atmosphere . -The aqueous vapour which is always present in considerable quantities in the atmosphere , exhibits a singular and very important relation to solar and terrestrial heat . The ...
... climate . Influence of the Aqueous Vapour of the Atmosphere . -The aqueous vapour which is always present in considerable quantities in the atmosphere , exhibits a singular and very important relation to solar and terrestrial heat . The ...
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