The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... seem to coincide with the varia- tions in the number and importance of the spots on the sun , which also run through cycles of about eleven years . According to Mr. Meldrum the cyclones of the Indian Ocean also occur in eleven yearly ...
... seem to coincide with the varia- tions in the number and importance of the spots on the sun , which also run through cycles of about eleven years . According to Mr. Meldrum the cyclones of the Indian Ocean also occur in eleven yearly ...
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... seems clear from the occurrence of sea ice in sheets formed of annual layers . These regions may be the truc sources of the cold currents of the sea ; while the warm currents have a temperature of 40 ° or 45 ° F. , and flowing from the ...
... seems clear from the occurrence of sea ice in sheets formed of annual layers . These regions may be the truc sources of the cold currents of the sea ; while the warm currents have a temperature of 40 ° or 45 ° F. , and flowing from the ...
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... seems , however , to be prepos- terous . On the other hand the outflow of warm water in all directions from the Pole involves a large and open sea around the Pole . In zoology and botany something has been done , but there is much more ...
... seems , however , to be prepos- terous . On the other hand the outflow of warm water in all directions from the Pole involves a large and open sea around the Pole . In zoology and botany something has been done , but there is much more ...
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... seems probable that they formed part of a large fall of meteoric iron during the miocene period . In 1872 the Swedish government sent a ship out to convey these masses to Sweden . The largest weighed twenty - one , eight , and four tons ...
... seems probable that they formed part of a large fall of meteoric iron during the miocene period . In 1872 the Swedish government sent a ship out to convey these masses to Sweden . The largest weighed twenty - one , eight , and four tons ...
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... seems probable that future attempts will also be more successful by this route than by the others . The failures to reach the Pole by this route have frequently been brought forward as an objection ; but this objec- tion equally applies ...
... seems probable that future attempts will also be more successful by this route than by the others . The failures to reach the Pole by this route have frequently been brought forward as an objection ; but this objec- tion equally applies ...
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