Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
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... , and Variable , XII . THE ATMOSPHERE - CLIMATOLOGY , Dew , Rain , Hail , Snow , & c . , Causes affecting Climate , Lines of Equal Heat , & c . , · • 05-223 205 215 218 PAGE 224-237 224 XIII . LIFE - ITS DISTRIBUTION AND 8 CONTENTS .
... , and Variable , XII . THE ATMOSPHERE - CLIMATOLOGY , Dew , Rain , Hail , Snow , & c . , Causes affecting Climate , Lines of Equal Heat , & c . , · • 05-223 205 215 218 PAGE 224-237 224 XIII . LIFE - ITS DISTRIBUTION AND 8 CONTENTS .
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... climate , and , finally , the distribution of the plants and animals by which they are respectively peopled . As Geology labours to inter- pret the rocky structure of the earth , and to write the history of the various mutations that ...
... climate , and , finally , the distribution of the plants and animals by which they are respectively peopled . As Geology labours to inter- pret the rocky structure of the earth , and to write the history of the various mutations that ...
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... climate , its scenery and life - arrangements ; the Ocean , its seas and bays , its shoals and depths , its composition and temperature , its aspects and life - dispersion , -are the special objects of Physical Geography ; and its ...
... climate , its scenery and life - arrangements ; the Ocean , its seas and bays , its shoals and depths , its composition and temperature , its aspects and life - dispersion , -are the special objects of Physical Geography ; and its ...
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... climate ? Why are mountain - heights perpetually enveloped in snow , while the lower ridges are clothed in verdure and blossom ? Why does one region of a continent be arid and rainless , while another is deluged with periodical torrents ...
... climate ? Why are mountain - heights perpetually enveloped in snow , while the lower ridges are clothed in verdure and blossom ? Why does one region of a continent be arid and rainless , while another is deluged with periodical torrents ...
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... climates of the one and the winds and currents that traverse the other , with the infinitely diversified mineral , vegetable , and animal produc- tions of both — is not only a source of high intellectual enjoyment and culture , but a ...
... climates of the one and the winds and currents that traverse the other , with the infinitely diversified mineral , vegetable , and animal produc- tions of both — is not only a source of high intellectual enjoyment and culture , but a ...
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Página 32 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For tho...