Handy Book of MeteorologyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... causes of exceptional weather , and remarks are made with the view of suggesting how this knowledge may be turned to practical account . The importance of Iceland as the key to the climates of the greater part of North America and ...
... causes of exceptional weather , and remarks are made with the view of suggesting how this knowledge may be turned to practical account . The importance of Iceland as the key to the climates of the greater part of North America and ...
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... causes of this neglect are not far to seek : -the chief being the absurd preten- sions of weather - prophets and other prognosticators ; the free and bad use long made of electricity and other im- perfectly understood agents to explain ...
... causes of this neglect are not far to seek : -the chief being the absurd preten- sions of weather - prophets and other prognosticators ; the free and bad use long made of electricity and other im- perfectly understood agents to explain ...
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... causing un- settled and stormy weather in both at that time , is too obvi- ous to be longer dwelt upon . 17. In connection ... causes , the explanation of which will doubt- less lead to a juster conception of the disturbing forces of the ...
... causing un- settled and stormy weather in both at that time , is too obvi- ous to be longer dwelt upon . 17. In connection ... causes , the explanation of which will doubt- less lead to a juster conception of the disturbing forces of the ...
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... causes which affect the rainfall in the basins of the Rhône and Saône . Observers in Germany and Great Britain have been secured to co - operate with the French observers , and under the able management of M. Fournet , important results ...
... causes which affect the rainfall in the basins of the Rhône and Saône . Observers in Germany and Great Britain have been secured to co - operate with the French observers , and under the able management of M. Fournet , important results ...
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Alexander Buchan. of ascertaining the course storms usually follow , and the causes by which that course is determined , so as to deduce , from meteorological phenomena observed , not only the certain approach of a storm , but also the ...
Alexander Buchan. of ascertaining the course storms usually follow , and the causes by which that course is determined , so as to deduce , from meteorological phenomena observed , not only the certain approach of a storm , but also the ...
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