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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... Ocean . New York , 1860 , p . 25. ' In whatever direction a body moves on the surface of the earth , there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere , but to the left in the ...
... Ocean . New York , 1860 , p . 25. ' In whatever direction a body moves on the surface of the earth , there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere , but to the left in the ...
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... Ocean produces this pheno- menon on the most extensive scale . In this district , the SE . Trade - wind enters the northern hemisphere as the SW . Monsoon during our summer , and the NE . Trade- wind enters the southern hemisphere as ...
... Ocean produces this pheno- menon on the most extensive scale . In this district , the SE . Trade - wind enters the northern hemisphere as the SW . Monsoon during our summer , and the NE . Trade- wind enters the southern hemisphere as ...
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... : The Trade - winds of the Torrid Zone . 2. PERIODICAL WINDS : The Monsoons of the Indian Ocean . 3. CHANGEABLE WINDS : The winds of the Temperate and Frigid Zones . C 18 I. The Permanent Winds . - The Trade Winds INTRODUCTION . 17.
... : The Trade - winds of the Torrid Zone . 2. PERIODICAL WINDS : The Monsoons of the Indian Ocean . 3. CHANGEABLE WINDS : The winds of the Temperate and Frigid Zones . C 18 I. The Permanent Winds . - The Trade Winds INTRODUCTION . 17.
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... Oceans , we find the following results : - The northern limit of the zone of calms , i . e . the lati- tude at which the NE . Trade - wind disappears in the neigh- bourhood of the equator , is , according to D'Après : — In January and ...
... Oceans , we find the following results : - The northern limit of the zone of calms , i . e . the lati- tude at which the NE . Trade - wind disappears in the neigh- bourhood of the equator , is , according to D'Après : — In January and ...
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... Ocean , compiled from the obser- vations of 92 ships , ( Considérations générales sur l'Océan Pacifique , 1856 , p . 4 ) : - - POLAR LIMIT of the NE . of the SE . EQUATORIAL LIMIT of the NE . of the SE . Breadth of the Trade , Lat.N ...
... Ocean , compiled from the obser- vations of 92 ships , ( Considérations générales sur l'Océan Pacifique , 1856 , p . 4 ) : - - POLAR LIMIT of the NE . of the SE . EQUATORIAL LIMIT of the NE . of the SE . Breadth of the Trade , Lat.N ...
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