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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... PRODUCED BY THE LATERAL INTERFERENCE OF TWO CUR- RENTS FLOWING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS 256 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON STORMS GENERAL CONCLUSIONS . 261 274 PRACTICAL RULES . REGION OF THE TRADE - WINDS 285 REGION OF THE MONSOONS 297 ...
... PRODUCED BY THE LATERAL INTERFERENCE OF TWO CUR- RENTS FLOWING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS 256 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON STORMS GENERAL CONCLUSIONS . 261 274 PRACTICAL RULES . REGION OF THE TRADE - WINDS 285 REGION OF THE MONSOONS 297 ...
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... produce exclusively certain definite and exceptional effects in the torrid zone . If we inquire in what cases a vane , which is exposed to the action of air in motion , will preserve its direction . unchanged , we find that they are ...
... produce exclusively certain definite and exceptional effects in the torrid zone . If we inquire in what cases a vane , which is exposed to the action of air in motion , will preserve its direction . unchanged , we find that they are ...
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... produced by a change of position of the initial point of the current may be perceived from the following consideration : - The velocity of rotation of the individual points on the earth's surface varies as the diameter of their lati ...
... produced by a change of position of the initial point of the current may be perceived from the following consideration : - The velocity of rotation of the individual points on the earth's surface varies as the diameter of their lati ...
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... produced a current towards the equator continue in operation , the east wind , which has thence arisen , will interfere with and retard the current . By means of this retardation , the air will soon attain the velocity of rotation of ...
... produced a current towards the equator continue in operation , the east wind , which has thence arisen , will interfere with and retard the current . By means of this retardation , the air will soon attain the velocity of rotation of ...
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... 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 the NW ...
... 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 the NW ...
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