Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 sider |
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... Nature and Constitution of the Atmosphere , Its Heat and Moisture , 185 188 193 Winds - Constant , Periodical , and Variable , XII . THE ATMOSPHERE - CLIMATOLOGY , Dew , Rain , Hail , Snow , & c . , Causes affecting Climate , Lines of ...
... Nature and Constitution of the Atmosphere , Its Heat and Moisture , 185 188 193 Winds - Constant , Periodical , and Variable , XII . THE ATMOSPHERE - CLIMATOLOGY , Dew , Rain , Hail , Snow , & c . , Causes affecting Climate , Lines of ...
Side 12
... natural conditions of the lands and waters depicted by Descriptive Geography , proceeds further to inquire into the causes that produce these results , and by which they are in the course of nature continually reproduced within certain ...
... natural conditions of the lands and waters depicted by Descriptive Geography , proceeds further to inquire into the causes that produce these results , and by which they are in the course of nature continually reproduced within certain ...
Side 13
... nature , growth , and dispersion of plants and animals . There , for example , is an island in the ocean : what is its position on the earth's surface - that is , its latitude and longitude ; when will its sun rise and set , compared ...
... nature , growth , and dispersion of plants and animals . There , for example , is an island in the ocean : what is its position on the earth's surface - that is , its latitude and longitude ; when will its sun rise and set , compared ...
Side 15
... natural history , as well as to the gardener and farmer , who seek to natural- ise the plants and animals of different regions , there is no science whose bearings are so immediate as that which reveals the geo- graphical distribution ...
... natural history , as well as to the gardener and farmer , who seek to natural- ise the plants and animals of different regions , there is no science whose bearings are so immediate as that which reveals the geo- graphical distribution ...
Side 16
... this conviction , and seeing how closely every incident in nature is connected with another , the student will consider no occurrence as too trivial , Im- and no fact as too insignificant , to deserve 16 INTRODUCTORY OUTLINE .
... this conviction , and seeing how closely every incident in nature is connected with another , the student will consider no occurrence as too trivial , Im- and no fact as too insignificant , to deserve 16 INTRODUCTORY OUTLINE .
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