Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... warm water which is received by the Atlantic from the equator ; a great mass flows into the Atlantic without passing through the Straits of Florida . four miles an hour , and that the mean temperature 24 CLIMATE AND TIME .
... warm water which is received by the Atlantic from the equator ; a great mass flows into the Atlantic without passing through the Straits of Florida . four miles an hour , and that the mean temperature 24 CLIMATE AND TIME .
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... flow from the equator . We are apt , on the other hand , to over - estimate the amount of the heat conveyed from tropical regions to us by means of aërial currents . The only currents which flow from the equatorial regions are the upper ...
... flow from the equator . We are apt , on the other hand , to over - estimate the amount of the heat conveyed from tropical regions to us by means of aërial currents . The only currents which flow from the equatorial regions are the upper ...
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... flows away in the direction of the Azores . The south - west winds which blow over the northern portion of the current which flows past our island up into the arctic seas cannot possibly cross this country , but will go to heat Norway ...
... flows away in the direction of the Azores . The south - west winds which blow over the northern portion of the current which flows past our island up into the arctic seas cannot possibly cross this country , but will go to heat Norway ...
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... flow from the former to the latter place along the earth's sur- face . Now , the air in moving from the lower to the higher latitudes tends to take a north - easterly direction , and in this case will pass over our island in its course ...
... flow from the former to the latter place along the earth's sur- face . Now , the air in moving from the lower to the higher latitudes tends to take a north - easterly direction , and in this case will pass over our island in its course ...
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... flows from the equator to the poles , the area over which it is spread becomes less and less . But as the water from the tropics has to raise the temperature of the temperate regions as well as the polar , the difference of effect at ...
... flows from the equator to the poles , the area over which it is spread becomes less and less . But as the water from the tropics has to raise the temperature of the temperate regions as well as the polar , the difference of effect at ...
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