Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
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... side , and becomes an integral and indispensable portion of its constitution . This atmosphere , as is well known , is mainly composed of two gases , nitrogen and oxygen - 79 parts of the former to 21 of the latter- with a small ...
... side , and becomes an integral and indispensable portion of its constitution . This atmosphere , as is well known , is mainly composed of two gases , nitrogen and oxygen - 79 parts of the former to 21 of the latter- with a small ...
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... side , are termed the Temperate Zones ( north and south ) ; and those between these cir- cles and their respective poles the Frigid Zones . The breadth of each of the torrid zones is therefore about 1622 statute miles ; * of each of the ...
... side , are termed the Temperate Zones ( north and south ) ; and those between these cir- cles and their respective poles the Frigid Zones . The breadth of each of the torrid zones is therefore about 1622 statute miles ; * of each of the ...
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... side of the globe , while on the other side it is midnight . When it is noon , for instance , in any particular part of Britain , it is midnight at an opposite and corresponding point near New Zealand , and so on for the intermediate ...
... side of the globe , while on the other side it is midnight . When it is noon , for instance , in any particular part of Britain , it is midnight at an opposite and corresponding point near New Zealand , and so on for the intermediate ...
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... encircling the globe on every side , and in all its parts most intimately connected with one great ocean , the Water is still divisible into certain areas that are more or less defined 52 DISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND WATER .
... encircling the globe on every side , and in all its parts most intimately connected with one great ocean , the Water is still divisible into certain areas that are more or less defined 52 DISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND WATER .
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... and gradually narrowing towards the south in the cape - like projections of South America , Africa , Hindostan , and the Malayan Peninsula . The ocean , though encircling the globe on every side , 56 DISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND WATER .
... and gradually narrowing towards the south in the cape - like projections of South America , Africa , Hindostan , and the Malayan Peninsula . The ocean , though encircling the globe on every side , 56 DISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND WATER .
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