Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... sea - water at one place and sea - water at another ; for wherever there is such a difference , whether it be owing ... level than the surface of the ocean in The edition from which I quote , unless the contrary is stated , is the one ...
... sea - water at one place and sea - water at another ; for wherever there is such a difference , whether it be owing ... level than the surface of the ocean in The edition from which I quote , unless the contrary is stated , is the one ...
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... level . So far from this being the case , some currents of the sea actually run up hill , while others run on a level . The Gulf - stream is of the first class " ( § 403 ) . " The top of the Gulf - stream runs on a level with the ocean ...
... level . So far from this being the case , some currents of the sea actually run up hill , while others run on a level . The Gulf - stream is of the first class " ( § 403 ) . " The top of the Gulf - stream runs on a level with the ocean ...
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... Sea , the two latter with waters that are but little more than brackish . In one set of these sea - basins the water ... level ; and here , therefore , we unmask one of the agents concerned in causing the Gulf - stream " ( § 38 ) . To ...
... Sea , the two latter with waters that are but little more than brackish . In one set of these sea - basins the water ... level ; and here , therefore , we unmask one of the agents concerned in causing the Gulf - stream " ( § 38 ) . To ...
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... level of this supposed sea would be altered , and immediately as much water as is carried off by evaporation would commence to flow in from north and south toward the trade - wind or evaporation region , to restore the level " ( § 509 ) ...
... level of this supposed sea would be altered , and immediately as much water as is carried off by evaporation would commence to flow in from north and south toward the trade - wind or evaporation region , to restore the level " ( § 509 ) ...
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... level is lowered in the salt sea , the equilibrium is destroyed because of the saltness of the water ; for the water that remains after evaporation takes place is , on account of the solid matter held in solution , specifically heavier ...
... level is lowered in the salt sea , the equilibrium is destroyed because of the saltness of the water ; for the water that remains after evaporation takes place is , on account of the solid matter held in solution , specifically heavier ...
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