The Law of Storms Considered in Connection with the Ordinary Movements of the AtmosphereLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1862 - 324 páginas |
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... MONSOONS OF THE EAST INDIES 43 • · THEIR CAUSE IS TO BE SOUGHT FOR IN THE RAREFACTION OF THE AIR OVER CENTRAL ASIA IN SUMMER 50 • 2. THE WEST MONSOONS OF THE LINE 65 3. THE LATERAL DEFLECTIONS OF THE TRADE - WIND GENERAL VIEW OF THE ...
... MONSOONS OF THE EAST INDIES 43 • · THEIR CAUSE IS TO BE SOUGHT FOR IN THE RAREFACTION OF THE AIR OVER CENTRAL ASIA IN SUMMER 50 • 2. THE WEST MONSOONS OF THE LINE 65 3. THE LATERAL DEFLECTIONS OF THE TRADE - WIND GENERAL VIEW OF THE ...
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... 261 274 PRACTICAL RULES . REGION OF THE TRADE - WINDS 285 REGION OF THE MONSOONS 297 NORTH TEMPERATE ZONE . 300 SOUTH TEMPERATE ZONE FRIGID ZONE · 313 314 INDEX 321 LIST OF CHARTS . ▾ CHART I. STORM OF DECEMBER xii CONTENTS .
... 261 274 PRACTICAL RULES . REGION OF THE TRADE - WINDS 285 REGION OF THE MONSOONS 297 NORTH TEMPERATE ZONE . 300 SOUTH TEMPERATE ZONE FRIGID ZONE · 313 314 INDEX 321 LIST OF CHARTS . ▾ CHART I. STORM OF DECEMBER xii CONTENTS .
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... Monsoons ( whose direction is changed periodically ) , and the so - called Variable Winds of higher latitudes , to one common general principle , which Hadley had first applied to explain the origin of the Trade - winds . It is ...
... Monsoons ( whose direction is changed periodically ) , and the so - called Variable Winds of higher latitudes , to one common general principle , which Hadley had first applied to explain the origin of the Trade - winds . It is ...
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... Monsoons , are peculiar to the torrid zone . In the case of the latter , we find that the existence of both gales and cyclones in the temperate zone may be demonstrated , whereas the cyclonical class of storm predominates to such an ...
... Monsoons , are peculiar to the torrid zone . In the case of the latter , we find that the existence of both gales and cyclones in the temperate zone may be demonstrated , whereas the cyclonical class of storm predominates to such an ...
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... Monsoons may be considered as special cases of this law . In the torrid zone , the only atmospherical current which is felt at the surface of the ground is the polar current ; and consequently a complete shift of the wind round the ...
... Monsoons may be considered as special cases of this law . In the torrid zone , the only atmospherical current which is felt at the surface of the ground is the polar current ; and consequently a complete shift of the wind round the ...
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