 | 1870 - 1136 páginas
...rain during that season would then fall as snow. But this is not all; the winters would then not only be colder than now, but they would also be much longer. At present the winters are nearly eight days shorter than the summers ; but with the eccentricity at its superior... | |
 | Joseph Beete Jukes - 1872 - 810 páginas
...rain during that season would then fall as snow. But this is not all ; the winters would then not only be colder than now, but they would also be much longer. At present the winters are nearly eight days shorter than the summers ; but with the eccentricity at its superior... | |
 | Archibald Geikie - 1882 - 996 páginas
...rain during that season would then fall as snow. This is not all ; the winters would then not only be colder than now, but they would also be much longer. At present the winters are nearly eight days shorter than the summers; but with the eccentricity at its superior limit... | |
 | 1890 - 896 páginas
...rain daring that season would then fall as snow. This is not all ; the winters would then not only be colder than now, but they would also be much longer. At present the winters are nearly eight days shorter than the rammers ; bat with the eccentricity at its superior... | |
 | Archibald Geikie - 1893 - 1184 páginas
...during that season, would then fall as snow. This is not all ; the winters would then not only be cooler than now, but they would also be much longer. At present the winters are nearly eight days shorter than the summers ; but with the eccentricity at its superior... | |
 | 1874 - 500 páginas
...the temperature of the other. Let us imagine the eccentricity to be at its superior limit, '07775, and the winter solstice in the aphelion. The midwinter...summer half year exceeds the winter half year by nearly 8 days ; but at the period in question the winters would be longer than the summers by upwards of 36... | |
 | 1874 - 546 páginas
...the temperature of the other. Let us imagine the eccentricity to be at its superior limit, '07775, and the winter solstice in the aphelion. The midwinter...summer half year exceeds the winter half year by nearly 8 days ; but at the period in question the winters would be longer than the summers by upwards of 36... | |
 | 1874 - 1094 páginas
...the temperature of the other. Let us imagine the eccentricity to be at its superior limit, -07775, and the winter solstice in the aphelion. The midwinter...summer half year exceeds the winter half year by nearly 8 days ; but at the period in question the winters would be longer than the summers by upwards of 36... | |
 | New Zealand Institute - 1875 - 714 páginas
...winter solstice of the northern hemisphere, instead of in perihelio as at present, to be in aphelio. The midwinter temperature, owing to the increased...would not merely be colder than now, but they would be also much longer. At present the summer half-year in the northern hemisphere exceeds the winter... | |
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Let us imagine the eccentricity to be at its superior limit, '07775, and the winter solstice in the aphelion. The midwinter temperature, owing to the increased distance of the sun, would be lowered enormously; and the effect of this would be to cause... 