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... course of the thirty - four years which have elapsed since the appearance of my first investigations on the Law of Gyration and the Rotatory Movements of Storms , I have endeavoured , as far as possible , to supply , in confirmation of ...
... course of the thirty - four years which have elapsed since the appearance of my first investigations on the Law of Gyration and the Rotatory Movements of Storms , I have endeavoured , as far as possible , to supply , in confirmation of ...
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... course , although the appearances which they present may exhibit considerable variety . Instead of following this natural course of inquiry , identity has been sought , not in the original conditions which pro- B 2 INTRODUCTION.
... course , although the appearances which they present may exhibit considerable variety . Instead of following this natural course of inquiry , identity has been sought , not in the original conditions which pro- B 2 INTRODUCTION.
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... course remain unchanged , and at the same time its velocity do not vary . The cases in which the vane changes its direction are also three in number : - WNW . WSW . 1. When the point towards which the wind is moving , W. NW . NNW . NNW ...
... course remain unchanged , and at the same time its velocity do not vary . The cases in which the vane changes its direction are also three in number : - WNW . WSW . 1. When the point towards which the wind is moving , W. NW . NNW . NNW ...
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... . This wind , in the earlier portion of its course , moves over points whose velocity of rotation from W. to E. is continually increasing on its entrance into the northern hemisphere it moves over points whose velocity 12 INTRODUCTION .
... . This wind , in the earlier portion of its course , moves over points whose velocity of rotation from W. to E. is continually increasing on its entrance into the northern hemisphere it moves over points whose velocity 12 INTRODUCTION .
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... course was westerly , becomes subse- quently easterly . We are as yet without observations to control our conclusions relative to this phenomenon . If the air , which rests on any parallel of latitude , could be instantaneously ...
... course was westerly , becomes subse- quently easterly . We are as yet without observations to control our conclusions relative to this phenomenon . If the air , which rests on any parallel of latitude , could be instantaneously ...
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