Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate James Croll. ' CHAPTER IV . OUTLINE OF THE PHYSICAL AGENCIES WHICH LEAD TO SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE . Eccentricity of the Earth's Orbit ; its Effect on Climate . - Glacial Epoch not ...
A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate James Croll. ' CHAPTER IV . OUTLINE OF THE PHYSICAL AGENCIES WHICH LEAD TO SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE . Eccentricity of the Earth's Orbit ; its Effect on Climate . - Glacial Epoch not ...
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... Earth's Orbit on Climate II . On the Nature of Heat - Vibrations 528 · 545 III . On the Reason why the Difference of Reading between a Thermo- meter exposed to direct Sunshine and One Shaded diminishes as we ascend in the Atmosphere 548 ...
... Earth's Orbit on Climate II . On the Nature of Heat - Vibrations 528 · 545 III . On the Reason why the Difference of Reading between a Thermo- meter exposed to direct Sunshine and One Shaded diminishes as we ascend in the Atmosphere 548 ...
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A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate James Croll. LIST OF PLATES . EARTH'S ORBIT WHEN ECCENTRICITY IS LIMIT AT ITS SUPERIOR Frontispiece . PLATE I. SHOWING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SYSTEM OF OCEAN- CURRENTS AND WINDS To face ...
A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate James Croll. LIST OF PLATES . EARTH'S ORBIT WHEN ECCENTRICITY IS LIMIT AT ITS SUPERIOR Frontispiece . PLATE I. SHOWING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SYSTEM OF OCEAN- CURRENTS AND WINDS To face ...
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... earth to the sun ; but a change in the obliquity of the ecliptic and the eccentricity of the earth's orbit are the only changes from which any sensible effect on climate could possibly be expected to result . It was shown , however , by ...
... earth to the sun ; but a change in the obliquity of the ecliptic and the eccentricity of the earth's orbit are the only changes from which any sensible effect on climate could possibly be expected to result . It was shown , however , by ...
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... earth's orbit . He did not appear at the time to have been aware of the conclusions arrived at by Lagrange regarding the superior limit of the eccentricity of the earth's orbit ; but he came to the conclusion that possibly the climate ...
... earth's orbit . He did not appear at the time to have been aware of the conclusions arrived at by Lagrange regarding the superior limit of the eccentricity of the earth's orbit ; but he came to the conclusion that possibly the climate ...
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