Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... mass of such magnitude as would be suffi- cient to affect to any great extent the earth's climate would , by its gravity , seriously disarrange the mechanism of our solar system . Consequently , if our solar system had ever , during any ...
... mass of such magnitude as would be suffi- cient to affect to any great extent the earth's climate would , by its gravity , seriously disarrange the mechanism of our solar system . Consequently , if our solar system had ever , during any ...
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... mass of cold water is continually flowing south from the polar regions around Greenland into the Atlantic . If it be admitted , then , that a mass of water flows across the arctic circle from north to . south , it must also be admitted ...
... mass of cold water is continually flowing south from the polar regions around Greenland into the Atlantic . If it be admitted , then , that a mass of water flows across the arctic circle from north to . south , it must also be admitted ...
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... mass of moving water returns into the Southern Ocean without ever crossing the equator , but the quantity which crosses over to the northern hemisphere is enormous . This constant flow of water from the southern hemisphere to the ...
... mass of moving water returns into the Southern Ocean without ever crossing the equator , but the quantity which crosses over to the northern hemisphere is enormous . This constant flow of water from the southern hemisphere to the ...
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... mass of water flowing south to , say , 45 ° , we have still a difference of 20 ° between the temperature of the masses flowing north and south . Each cubic foot of water which crosses the equator will in this case transfer about 965,000 ...
... mass of water flowing south to , say , 45 ° , we have still a difference of 20 ° between the temperature of the masses flowing north and south . Each cubic foot of water which crosses the equator will in this case transfer about 965,000 ...
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... masses may balance each other ; but this very effort of gravitation to restore equi- librium to the mass destroys the equilibrium of the molecules by disturbing the level of the ocean . It then , in the second place , endeavours to ...
... masses may balance each other ; but this very effort of gravitation to restore equi- librium to the mass destroys the equilibrium of the molecules by disturbing the level of the ocean . It then , in the second place , endeavours to ...
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