The advanced class-book of modern geography, by W. Hughes and J.F. Williams. By W. Hughes1908 |
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... tropical heat ; rays at medium angles , temperate heat ; and rays at the greatest angles - the least heat - giving - frigid temperature . But the actual angle of inclination does not account for the entire difference in the amount of ...
... tropical heat ; rays at medium angles , temperate heat ; and rays at the greatest angles - the least heat - giving - frigid temperature . But the actual angle of inclination does not account for the entire difference in the amount of ...
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... tropical seas , and a compensating overflow of the warm tropical waters towards the Poles . And as the cold of the Polar regions and the heat of the Tropics are constant , this interchange of cold and warm water is unceasing . A slight ...
... tropical seas , and a compensating overflow of the warm tropical waters towards the Poles . And as the cold of the Polar regions and the heat of the Tropics are constant , this interchange of cold and warm water is unceasing . A slight ...
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... tropical plants are often found on the shores of remote northern seas , prove the existence at any rate of surface - currents , i.e. , a continuous onward movement of the surface waters of the sea in certain directions . ( 3. ) Immense ...
... tropical plants are often found on the shores of remote northern seas , prove the existence at any rate of surface - currents , i.e. , a continuous onward movement of the surface waters of the sea in certain directions . ( 3. ) Immense ...
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... tropical heat , is carried over the land , and there , striking against cool mountain slopes , or meeting with colder air - currents than those in which it is suspended , the minute cloud - globules are increased by the condensation of ...
... tropical heat , is carried over the land , and there , striking against cool mountain slopes , or meeting with colder air - currents than those in which it is suspended , the minute cloud - globules are increased by the condensation of ...
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... tropical and temperate regions , glaciers occupy the higher recesses and valley , of nearly all the principal mountains , and descend far below the snow - line ; in Polar lands , which are almost entirely covered with perpetual snow ...
... tropical and temperate regions , glaciers occupy the higher recesses and valley , of nearly all the principal mountains , and descend far below the snow - line ; in Polar lands , which are almost entirely covered with perpetual snow ...
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Página 13 - A plane superficies is that in which any two points being taken, the straight line between them lies wholly in that superficies.
Página 13 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Página 682 - State, the numbers shall be as follows : — New South Wales 26 Victoria 23 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . 9 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . 7 Western Australia . . . . . . . . 5 Tasmania 5 27.
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Página 332 - It is bounded on the North by the Arctic Ocean ; on the East by the Pacific Ocean ; on the South by the Indian Ocean ; and on the West by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Oural Mountains.