Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateD. Appleton, 1875 - 577 páginas |
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... the conclusions are based either on known facts or admitted physical principles . In short , the aim of the work , as will be shown in the introductory chapter , is to prove that secular changes of climate follow , as a.
... the conclusions are based either on known facts or admitted physical principles . In short , the aim of the work , as will be shown in the introductory chapter , is to prove that secular changes of climate follow , as a.
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... physical agencies , and that these changes , in as far as the past climatic condition of the globe is con- cerned , fully meet the demand of the geologist . The volume , though not intended as a popular treatise , will be found , I ...
... physical agencies , and that these changes , in as far as the past climatic condition of the globe is con- cerned , fully meet the demand of the geologist . The volume , though not intended as a popular treatise , will be found , I ...
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... Professor J. D. Forbes . -An important Consideration overlooked . - Without Ocean - currents the Globe would not be habitable . - Conclusions not affected by Imper- fection of Data 45 CHAPTER IV . OUTLINE OF THE PHYSICAL AGENCIES WHICH ...
... Professor J. D. Forbes . -An important Consideration overlooked . - Without Ocean - currents the Globe would not be habitable . - Conclusions not affected by Imper- fection of Data 45 CHAPTER IV . OUTLINE OF THE PHYSICAL AGENCIES WHICH ...
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... PHYSICAL AGENCIES WHICH LEAD TO SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE . Eccentricity of the Earth's Orbit ; its Effect on Climate . - Glacial Epoch not the direct Result of an Increase of Eccentricity . - An important Consideration overlooked ...
... PHYSICAL AGENCIES WHICH LEAD TO SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE . Eccentricity of the Earth's Orbit ; its Effect on Climate . - Glacial Epoch not the direct Result of an Increase of Eccentricity . - An important Consideration overlooked ...
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... PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE SUBMERGENCE AND EMERGENCE OF THE LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH . I splacement of the Earth's Centre of Gravity by Polar Ice - cap . - Simple Method of estimating Amount of Displacement . - Note by Sir W. Thomson on ...
... PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE SUBMERGENCE AND EMERGENCE OF THE LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH . I splacement of the Earth's Centre of Gravity by Polar Ice - cap . - Simple Method of estimating Amount of Displacement . - Note by Sir W. Thomson on ...
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Página 331 - ... been removed from the general surface in one year ; and there seems no danger of our overrating the mean rate of waste by selecting the Mississippi as our example, for that river drains a country equal to more than half the continent of Europe, extends through twenty degrees of latitude, and therefore through regions enjoying a great variety of climate, and some of its tributaries descend from mountains of great height. The Mississippi is also more likely to afford us a fair test of ordinary...
Página 535 - Now, the perihelion of the orbit is situated nearly at the place of the northern winter solstice ; so that, were it not for the compensation we have just described, the effect would be to exaggerate the difference of summer and winter in the southern hemisphere, and to moderate it in the northern ; thus producing a more violent alternation of climate in the one hemisphere, and an approach to perpetual spring in the other. As it is, however, no such inequality subsists, but an equal and impartial...