Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 11
... considerably more than three thousand miles , and the area of the intertropical zone more than one - third the whole area of the globe , it becomes hardly possible for any currents of air to reach the equatorial belt without being ...
... considerably more than three thousand miles , and the area of the intertropical zone more than one - third the whole area of the globe , it becomes hardly possible for any currents of air to reach the equatorial belt without being ...
Page 17
... considerable balance of conden- sation over evaporation which must tend to the general raising of the temperature , and , owing to the conden- sation being principally at night , not less powerfully to its equalisation . General ...
... considerable balance of conden- sation over evaporation which must tend to the general raising of the temperature , and , owing to the conden- sation being principally at night , not less powerfully to its equalisation . General ...
Page 23
... considerable part of the year , is itself a striking pheno- menon to an inhabitant of the temperate zones ; and equally striking is the changed aspect of the starry heavens . The grand constellation Orion , passes verti- cally overhead ...
... considerable part of the year , is itself a striking pheno- menon to an inhabitant of the temperate zones ; and equally striking is the changed aspect of the starry heavens . The grand constellation Orion , passes verti- cally overhead ...
Page 30
... considerable average distance apart , give an impression similar to that pro- duced by the columns of some enormous building . Overhead , at a height , perhaps , of a hundred feet , is an almost unbroken canopy of foliage formed by the ...
... considerable average distance apart , give an impression similar to that pro- duced by the columns of some enormous building . Overhead , at a height , perhaps , of a hundred feet , is an almost unbroken canopy of foliage formed by the ...
Page 31
... considerable distance , forming elevated and greatly compressed roots . These buttresses are sometimes so large that the spaces between them if roofed over would form huts capable of containing several persons . Their use is evidently ...
... considerable distance , forming elevated and greatly compressed roots . These buttresses are sometimes so large that the spaces between them if roofed over would form huts capable of containing several persons . Their use is evidently ...
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