Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... Gulf- stream . - Absolute Amount of Heat conveyed by it . - Greater Portion of Moisture in Inter - tropical Regions falls as Rain in those Regions.- Land along the Equator tends to lower the Temperature of the Globe . -Influence of Gulf ...
... Gulf- stream . - Absolute Amount of Heat conveyed by it . - Greater Portion of Moisture in Inter - tropical Regions falls as Rain in those Regions.- Land along the Equator tends to lower the Temperature of the Globe . -Influence of Gulf ...
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... Gulf - stream according to Dr. Carpenter not due to Difference of Specific Gravity . - Facts to be Explained . - The Explanation of the Facts.- The Explanation hypothetical . - The Cause assigned for the hypo- thetical Mode of ...
... Gulf - stream according to Dr. Carpenter not due to Difference of Specific Gravity . - Facts to be Explained . - The Explanation of the Facts.- The Explanation hypothetical . - The Cause assigned for the hypo- thetical Mode of ...
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... Gulf - stream CHAPTER XII . MR . A. G. FINDLAY'S OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED . PAGR 191 · Mr. Findlay's Estimate of the Volume of the Gulf - stream . - Mean Tem- perature of a Cross Section less than Mean Temperature of Stream.- Reason of ...
... Gulf - stream CHAPTER XII . MR . A. G. FINDLAY'S OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED . PAGR 191 · Mr. Findlay's Estimate of the Volume of the Gulf - stream . - Mean Tem- perature of a Cross Section less than Mean Temperature of Stream.- Reason of ...
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... Gulf - stream and Thermal Condition of the Arctic Regions · 556 · 558 VIII . List of Papers by the Author to which Reference is made in this Volume . 562 INDRI • 565 1 LIST OF PLATES . EARTH'S ORBIT WHEN ECCENTRICITY IS LIMIT xvi CONTENTS .
... Gulf - stream and Thermal Condition of the Arctic Regions · 556 · 558 VIII . List of Papers by the Author to which Reference is made in this Volume . 562 INDRI • 565 1 LIST OF PLATES . EARTH'S ORBIT WHEN ECCENTRICITY IS LIMIT xvi CONTENTS .
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... Gulf - stream . In refer- ence to this stream we have a means of determining in abso- lute measure the quantity of heat conveyed by it . On the necessary computation being made , it is found that the amount transferred by the Gulf ...
... Gulf - stream . In refer- ence to this stream we have a means of determining in abso- lute measure the quantity of heat conveyed by it . On the necessary computation being made , it is found that the amount transferred by the Gulf ...
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