The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & GlaciersH.S. King & Company, 1873 - 192 páginas |
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... Nature is preceded by other , occurrences which are its causes , and succeeded by others which are its effects . The human mind is not satisfied with observing and studying any natural oc- currence alone , but takes pleasure in ...
... Nature is preceded by other , occurrences which are its causes , and succeeded by others which are its effects . The human mind is not satisfied with observing and studying any natural oc- currence alone , but takes pleasure in ...
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... nature which produces the clouds of our atmosphere ? There is : the fire of the sun . 16. Thus , by tracing backward , without any break in the chain of occurrences , our river from its end to its real beginnings , we come at length to ...
... nature which produces the clouds of our atmosphere ? There is : the fire of the sun . 16. Thus , by tracing backward , without any break in the chain of occurrences , our river from its end to its real beginnings , we come at length to ...
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... Nature . SORRY , PRE - SALAS TEDibumily without being Hrg & The Wustration of the sun . - Teatre . Al its parts are inter- amy of any one part completely ལ་ གུས་ པ : རྡོ་ གས་ Le suy of all . spres the foregoing Statements . kat sang rom ...
... Nature . SORRY , PRE - SALAS TEDibumily without being Hrg & The Wustration of the sun . - Teatre . Al its parts are inter- amy of any one part completely ལ་ གུས་ པ : རྡོ་ གས་ Le suy of all . spres the foregoing Statements . kat sang rom ...
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... nature we obtain on a small scale the phenomena of atmospheric clouds . § 8. Mountain Condensers . 81. To complete our view of the process of atmo- spheric precipitation we must take into account the action of mountains . Imagine a ...
... nature we obtain on a small scale the phenomena of atmospheric clouds . § 8. Mountain Condensers . 81. To complete our view of the process of atmo- spheric precipitation we must take into account the action of mountains . Imagine a ...
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... nature , and permitted to crystallize , yield the prisms and pyramids of rock opstal . Chalk dissolved and crystallized yields Iceland spar . The Himoniis crystallized carbon . All cur precious stones , the mily , sapphire , beryl ...
... nature , and permitted to crystallize , yield the prisms and pyramids of rock opstal . Chalk dissolved and crystallized yields Iceland spar . The Himoniis crystallized carbon . All cur precious stones , the mily , sapphire , beryl ...
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