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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... temperatures to their equiva- lents on the Fahrenheit scale . The quotations from all the works which were accessible to me in the libraries of Dublin have been taken from the originals . This has been the case with the quotations from ...
... temperatures to their equiva- lents on the Fahrenheit scale . The quotations from all the works which were accessible to me in the libraries of Dublin have been taken from the originals . This has been the case with the quotations from ...
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... temperature than the sea , the air in contact with it rises , and the cooler sea - air flows in below . The cold air sinks over the surface of the sea , as it does in the shade of a passing cloud on a hot summer's day . During the night ...
... temperature than the sea , the air in contact with it rises , and the cooler sea - air flows in below . The cold air sinks over the surface of the sea , as it does in the shade of a passing cloud on a hot summer's day . During the night ...
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... temperature of the globe , at which the heated air rises , does not coincide with the equator , but falls in the northern hemisphere . This zone is the district towards which the polar currents of both hemispheres flow , between the ...
... temperature of the globe , at which the heated air rises , does not coincide with the equator , but falls in the northern hemisphere . This zone is the district towards which the polar currents of both hemispheres flow , between the ...
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... temperature on which the air is at rest . This zone separates the areas of the northern and southern currents of cold air , each of which is thus forced to perform its own circuit . If we assume that the mean breadth of this zone is in ...
... temperature on which the air is at rest . This zone separates the areas of the northern and southern currents of cold air , each of which is thus forced to perform its own circuit . If we assume that the mean breadth of this zone is in ...
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... temperature than the southern . The displacement of the zone of Trade- winds at the different seasons , will be influenced more by the conditions of temperature in the torrid zone than by those of the whole earth ; inasmuch as the air ...
... temperature than the southern . The displacement of the zone of Trade- winds at the different seasons , will be influenced more by the conditions of temperature in the torrid zone than by those of the whole earth ; inasmuch as the air ...
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