The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... temperature rises to nearly 80 ° , that cold water is soonest reached , the isotherm of 40 ° rising to within 300 fathoms of the surface , while that of 55 ° , which in lat . 38 ° N. lies at nearly 400 fathoms ' depth , and in lat . 22 ...
... temperature rises to nearly 80 ° , that cold water is soonest reached , the isotherm of 40 ° rising to within 300 fathoms of the surface , while that of 55 ° , which in lat . 38 ° N. lies at nearly 400 fathoms ' depth , and in lat . 22 ...
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... temperature of oceanic water , even under the equator . If there were no ascent of colder water from beneath , there seems no reason why the constant powerful insolation to which equatorial water is subjected should not raise the ...
... temperature of oceanic water , even under the equator . If there were no ascent of colder water from beneath , there seems no reason why the constant powerful insolation to which equatorial water is subjected should not raise the ...
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... temperature as an accepted doctrine of terrestrial physics . Distribution of Organic Life . - All that will be attempted under this head will be to indicate the general conditions that seem , from recent researches , to have the ...
... temperature as an accepted doctrine of terrestrial physics . Distribution of Organic Life . - All that will be attempted under this head will be to indicate the general conditions that seem , from recent researches , to have the ...
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... temperature , food , pressure , & c . And when latter differ among each other . Going back still further , these facts are taken in connection with those previously we find in the persistence of certain Foraminiferal types stated as to ...
... temperature , food , pressure , & c . And when latter differ among each other . Going back still further , these facts are taken in connection with those previously we find in the persistence of certain Foraminiferal types stated as to ...
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... temperature of 60 ° Fahr . , weigh 31 03529 grains ; and since 100 cubic inches of distilled water at the same pressure and temperature weigh 25,252 grains , it follows that air is 813-67 times lighter than water . Air as an elastic ...
... temperature of 60 ° Fahr . , weigh 31 03529 grains ; and since 100 cubic inches of distilled water at the same pressure and temperature weigh 25,252 grains , it follows that air is 813-67 times lighter than water . Air as an elastic ...
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