The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, Volume 6H.G. Allen, 1888 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... increase of a quarter of an hour in the length of midsummer - day . Within the tropics these zones are nearly of equal breadth ; but , in the higher latitudes , they contract so much that it was deemed enough to reckon them by their ...
... increase of a quarter of an hour in the length of midsummer - day . Within the tropics these zones are nearly of equal breadth ; but , in the higher latitudes , they contract so much that it was deemed enough to reckon them by their ...
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... increase of obliquity of incidence of the solar rays is enhanced by the circumstance that the sun's heat , being partially absorbed in its passage through the atmosphere , the absorption is greatest where the obliquity is greatest ...
... increase of obliquity of incidence of the solar rays is enhanced by the circumstance that the sun's heat , being partially absorbed in its passage through the atmosphere , the absorption is greatest where the obliquity is greatest ...
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... increase of temperature with height at places rising above the lower parts of the valleys . This highly interesting ... increased warmth is readily felt , and , as we have seen , in extreme frosts the destruction to trees and shrubs is ...
... increase of temperature with height at places rising above the lower parts of the valleys . This highly interesting ... increased warmth is readily felt , and , as we have seen , in extreme frosts the destruction to trees and shrubs is ...
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... increase the humidity , of climates within their influence . The humidity of forests is further increased by the circumstance that when rain falls less of it passes immediately along the surface into streams and rivers ; a considerable ...
... increase the humidity , of climates within their influence . The humidity of forests is further increased by the circumstance that when rain falls less of it passes immediately along the surface into streams and rivers ; a considerable ...
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... increase of temperature in winter is still greater . This influence of the Atlantic through the agency of the winds ... increased , and if a range of mountains lie across their path the amount precipitated on the side facing the winds is ...
... increase of temperature in winter is still greater . This influence of the Atlantic through the agency of the winds ... increased , and if a range of mountains lie across their path the amount precipitated on the side facing the winds is ...
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