The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... coast of South America ; and as not only the whole of the northern divi- sion , but a considerable part of the southern , strikes the American coast - line to the north of the salient angle of Cape St Roque ( about 5 ° S. lat . ) , the ...
... coast of South America ; and as not only the whole of the northern divi- sion , but a considerable part of the southern , strikes the American coast - line to the north of the salient angle of Cape St Roque ( about 5 ° S. lat . ) , the ...
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... coast of Labrador , and which , turning westwards round the south of Newfoundland , keeps close to the coast of the United States ( being left behind in the rotation of the earth , in consequence of its deficiency of easterly momentum ) ...
... coast of Labrador , and which , turning westwards round the south of Newfoundland , keeps close to the coast of the United States ( being left behind in the rotation of the earth , in consequence of its deficiency of easterly momentum ) ...
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... coast of Norway . For it is found that during the winter months there is a constant From this it appears that , while the high surface - tempera- | excess of sea - temperature above that of the air , averaging Florida Channel ...
... coast of Norway . For it is found that during the winter months there is a constant From this it appears that , while the high surface - tempera- | excess of sea - temperature above that of the air , averaging Florida Channel ...
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... coast of Scotland and its | islands , and rising to 14 ° 5 at Fruholm near the North Cape . And it is also a very significant fact ( ascertained by the care- ful inquiries of Mr Buchan ) , that while the summer isotherms cross the ...
... coast of Scotland and its | islands , and rising to 14 ° 5 at Fruholm near the North Cape . And it is also a very significant fact ( ascertained by the care- ful inquiries of Mr Buchan ) , that while the summer isotherms cross the ...
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... coast of Brazil , and the Cape of Good Hope ( lat . 34 ° S. ) , this trough also being divided into two basins by the elevation of the bottom which culminates in the island of Tristan da Cunha . The temperature of the water that ...
... coast of Brazil , and the Cape of Good Hope ( lat . 34 ° S. ) , this trough also being divided into two basins by the elevation of the bottom which culminates in the island of Tristan da Cunha . The temperature of the water that ...
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