Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... foot of water , therefore , in this case carries from the tropics for distribution upwards of 1,158,000 foot - pounds of heat . According to the above estimate of the size and velocity of the stream , which in Chapter XI . will be shown ...
... foot of water , therefore , in this case carries from the tropics for distribution upwards of 1,158,000 foot - pounds of heat . According to the above estimate of the size and velocity of the stream , which in Chapter XI . will be shown ...
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... foot - pounds per second will therefore be the quantity of heat falling on a square foot of the earth's surface when the sun is in the zenith . And were the sun to remain stationary in the zenith for twelve hours , 2,796,768 foot - pounds ...
... foot - pounds per second will therefore be the quantity of heat falling on a square foot of the earth's surface when the sun is in the zenith . And were the sun to remain stationary in the zenith for twelve hours , 2,796,768 foot - pounds ...
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... foot - pounds of energy in the form of heat per day , a quantity equal to one - fourth of all the heat received from the sun by that area . How much , then , of the temperature of the south - west winds derived from the water of the ...
... foot - pounds of energy in the form of heat per day , a quantity equal to one - fourth of all the heat received from the sun by that area . How much , then , of the temperature of the south - west winds derived from the water of the ...
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... atmosphere , is 1,780,474 foot - pounds . In the latitude of Edinburgh about 938,460 foot - pounds per square foot of surface is received , assuming that not more than 22 per cent . is cut off by the atmosphere . At 86 CLIMATE AND TIME .
... atmosphere , is 1,780,474 foot - pounds . In the latitude of Edinburgh about 938,460 foot - pounds per square foot of surface is received , assuming that not more than 22 per cent . is cut off by the atmosphere . At 86 CLIMATE AND TIME .
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... foot - pounds of heat from the southern hemisphere to the northern . If we had any means of ascertaining the volume ... foot of water of the Gulf - stream as 1,158,000 foot - pounds , it is found , as we have seen , that an amount of ...
... foot - pounds of heat from the southern hemisphere to the northern . If we had any means of ascertaining the volume ... foot of water of the Gulf - stream as 1,158,000 foot - pounds , it is found , as we have seen , that an amount of ...
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