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proach of the hot wind: rain never occurs while it lasts ; and, notwithstanding the
sky's apparent clearness from vapours and clouds, both the formation of the dew
and the sun's radiation are interfered with. The temperature of the wet ...
proach of the hot wind: rain never occurs while it lasts ; and, notwithstanding the
sky's apparent clearness from vapours and clouds, both the formation of the dew
and the sun's radiation are interfered with. The temperature of the wet ...
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In one instance, being obliged, for the completion of observations, to stop for a
week on the top of Ben Lomond (Van Diemen's Land), I experienced the hot wind
at the altitude of 5002 feet. At my depot, 3000 feet lower to the windward, this ...
In one instance, being obliged, for the completion of observations, to stop for a
week on the top of Ben Lomond (Van Diemen's Land), I experienced the hot wind
at the altitude of 5002 feet. At my depot, 3000 feet lower to the windward, this ...
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From the circumstance of my being unassisted in my observations of all the
various meteorological phenomena which are commonly associated with the hot
wind, some allowance will I hope be made for the incompleteness of this notice.
From the circumstance of my being unassisted in my observations of all the
various meteorological phenomena which are commonly associated with the hot
wind, some allowance will I hope be made for the incompleteness of this notice.
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Now, the motion of the wind, and the solar action, combine all these means and
necessary conditions to the full developement of that electricity, which, once
effected, becomes again a cause of the extreme dryness of the hot wind ; for
electricity ...
Now, the motion of the wind, and the solar action, combine all these means and
necessary conditions to the full developement of that electricity, which, once
effected, becomes again a cause of the extreme dryness of the hot wind ; for
electricity ...
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what has been said already, that, at the altitude in which the hot wind is at times
seen moving, a proportional increase of carbonic acid in the atmosphere is found
(Saussure), and that, in the deflection of the wind to the surface which follows, ...
what has been said already, that, at the altitude in which the hot wind is at times
seen moving, a proportional increase of carbonic acid in the atmosphere is found
(Saussure), and that, in the deflection of the wind to the surface which follows, ...
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absorption of solar agricultural Alumina atmosphere Australian Australis basalt basin Ben Lomond Capacity for moisture Cape Captain Carbonate of lime Chemical Character cloth coal coast colonies colour Constituents in 100 contains crops cultivation deposits Diemen's Land Diprotodon dividing range Edition Engravings epoch farm feet Flinders fossil geological Gould granite greenstone greywacke History Horsf hot wind inches Island Lake Launceston limestone locality Macquarie manure miles Morris Mount Mount Hay Mount Kosciuszko Mount Wellington N. S. W. and V. D. L. nearly numerous observations Pecopteris Peroxide of iron Physical Character Plates porphyry Port Jackson Port Macquarie Port Stephen Power of absorption Power of terrestrial present ridges river sandstone shell sienite siliceous soil solar rays Solubility of 100 Soluble in acids South Wales species specific gravity specimens Straits surface survey temperature terrestrial radiation thermometer tion traces valley Van Diemen's Land vegetable matter vols wheat
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| Título | Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land: Accompanied by a Geological Map, Sections and Diagrams, and Figures of the Organic Remains |
| Autor | Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki |
| Editora | Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1845 |
| Número de páginas | 462 páginas |
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