Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... TION . - LIEUT . MAURY'S THEORY . Introduction . - Ocean - currents , according to Maury , due to Difference of Specific Gravity . - Difference of Specific Gravity resulting from Dif- ference of Temperature . - Difference of Specific ...
... TION . - LIEUT . MAURY'S THEORY . Introduction . - Ocean - currents , according to Maury , due to Difference of Specific Gravity . - Difference of Specific Gravity resulting from Dif- ference of Temperature . - Difference of Specific ...
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... TION . LIEUT . MAURY'S THEORY .— ( Continued . ) Methods of determining the Question . - The Force resulting from Difference of Specific Gravity . - Sir John Herschel's Estimate of the Force.- Maximum Density of Sea - Water . - Rate of ...
... TION . LIEUT . MAURY'S THEORY .— ( Continued . ) Methods of determining the Question . - The Force resulting from Difference of Specific Gravity . - Sir John Herschel's Estimate of the Force.- Maximum Density of Sea - Water . - Rate of ...
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... tion trifling . - Tendency in the Advocates of the Gravitation Theory to under - estimate the Volume of the Gulf - stream . - Volume of the Stream as determined by the Challenger . - Immense Volume of Warm Water discovered by Captain ...
... tion trifling . - Tendency in the Advocates of the Gravitation Theory to under - estimate the Volume of the Gulf - stream . - Volume of the Stream as determined by the Challenger . - Immense Volume of Warm Water discovered by Captain ...
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... tion of Temperature of the Ocean . V. On the Cause of the Cooling Effect produced on Solids by Tension . 554 VI . The Cause of Regelation VII . List of Papers which have appeared in Dr. A. Petermann's Geo- graphische Mittheilungen ...
... tion of Temperature of the Ocean . V. On the Cause of the Cooling Effect produced on Solids by Tension . 554 VI . The Cause of Regelation VII . List of Papers which have appeared in Dr. A. Petermann's Geo- graphische Mittheilungen ...
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... tion by means of which the effects are subjectively united in a rational unity . We may describe , arrange , and classify the effects as we may , but without a knowledge of the laws of the agent we can have no rational unity . We have ...
... tion by means of which the effects are subjectively united in a rational unity . We may describe , arrange , and classify the effects as we may , but without a knowledge of the laws of the agent we can have no rational unity . We have ...
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