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... ORIGIN OF CYCLONES . 182 · PHENOMENA OF CYCLONES 192 • 2. STORMS WHICH ARISE FROM THE CONFLICT OF CURRENTS AT THE OUTER EDGE OF THE TRADE - WIND ZONE 221 JANUARY 1850 DECEMBER 1850 . • WINTER OF 1855-6 222 232 234 JANUARY 1818 · 245 ...
... ORIGIN OF CYCLONES . 182 · PHENOMENA OF CYCLONES 192 • 2. STORMS WHICH ARISE FROM THE CONFLICT OF CURRENTS AT THE OUTER EDGE OF THE TRADE - WIND ZONE 221 JANUARY 1850 DECEMBER 1850 . • WINTER OF 1855-6 222 232 234 JANUARY 1818 · 245 ...
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... origin of the Trade - winds . It is , therefore , not unnatural for us to expect that in the more violent disturbances of the atmo- sphere , certain general conditions will exist , which are common to them all , as well in their origin ...
... origin of the Trade - winds . It is , therefore , not unnatural for us to expect that in the more violent disturbances of the atmo- sphere , certain general conditions will exist , which are common to them all , as well in their origin ...
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... origin of the northerly current were always equidistant from the point of observation , and further , were its intensity always the same , the direction of the vane would remain unchanged , i . e . as soon as the current had assumed the ...
... origin of the northerly current were always equidistant from the point of observation , and further , were its intensity always the same , the direction of the vane would remain unchanged , i . e . as soon as the current had assumed the ...
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... origin lies farther north . Under the same circumstances , the air composing that current is specifically heavier , and its barometrical pressure greater , if a cause of rarefaction does not at the same time arise from its having ...
... origin lies farther north . Under the same circumstances , the air composing that current is specifically heavier , and its barometrical pressure greater , if a cause of rarefaction does not at the same time arise from its having ...
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... origin . This is , however , not the case , and a too hasty generalisation has led to the disregard of some important phe- nomena , while those of less importance were brought into the foreground . It was time for this science to free ...
... origin . This is , however , not the case , and a too hasty generalisation has led to the disregard of some important phe- nomena , while those of less importance were brought into the foreground . It was time for this science to free ...
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