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... Winter and summer diseases - Tuberculosis- Pneumonia - Diphtheria - Influenza- Bronchitis- Rheumatism - Measles and scarlet fever - Typhoid fever - Whooping cough - Cholera infantum - Hay fever - Polar zones : general - Scurvy - Climate ...
... Winter and summer diseases - Tuberculosis- Pneumonia - Diphtheria - Influenza- Bronchitis- Rheumatism - Measles and scarlet fever - Typhoid fever - Whooping cough - Cholera infantum - Hay fever - Polar zones : general - Scurvy - Climate ...
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... winter of the northern hemisphere , and therefore the spring maximum is somewhat greater than the au- tumn maximum . The varying distance from the sun also explains the fact that the maxima of insolation . do not come exactly on the ...
... winter of the northern hemisphere , and therefore the spring maximum is somewhat greater than the au- tumn maximum . The varying distance from the sun also explains the fact that the maxima of insolation . do not come exactly on the ...
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... surface Lat . Equator 40 ° N. Pole Equator 40 ° N. Pole Winter Solstice 948 360 0 552 124 0 · Equinoxes . 1000 773 612 411 0 Summer Solstice . 888 1115 1210 517 660 494 The following table gives , according to Zenker , the INTRODUCTION 15.
... surface Lat . Equator 40 ° N. Pole Equator 40 ° N. Pole Winter Solstice 948 360 0 552 124 0 · Equinoxes . 1000 773 612 411 0 Summer Solstice . 888 1115 1210 517 660 494 The following table gives , according to Zenker , the INTRODUCTION 15.
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... winter , and is above the horizon for the same length of time at least once in summer . On the polar circles , the noon altitude of the sun decreases to 0 ° on the shortest day . The temperate zone has conditions be- tween these two ...
... winter , and is above the horizon for the same length of time at least once in summer . On the polar circles , the noon altitude of the sun decreases to 0 ° on the shortest day . The temperate zone has conditions be- tween these two ...
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Considered Especially in Relation to Man Robert DeCourcy Ward. portant for vegetation than winter cold ; and where the warmest month has a temperature below 50 ° , cereals and forest trees do not grow , and man has to adjust himself to ...
Considered Especially in Relation to Man Robert DeCourcy Ward. portant for vegetation than winter cold ; and where the warmest month has a temperature below 50 ° , cereals and forest trees do not grow , and man has to adjust himself to ...
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Africa altitude ANNUAL MARCH Antarctic anticyclonic Arctic Arctic circle Asia chiefly civilisation climatology cloudiness cold colder continental climate continents cool crops curve cyclonic damp decrease deserts disease distribution districts diurnal drier dry season earth's surface east eastern coasts effect equator equatorial Europe favourable forests Greenland heat higher latitudes humidity important increasing India insolation irrigation islands isotherm land latitude circle less lowlands malaria margins maxima maximum mean annual mean temperature Meteorology migration monsoon months mountain climates natives natural North America north polar northern oceans perature period plateaus polar climate polar zones pole population pressure prevailing Province rainfall rainy season regions result savannas sea-level Siberia snow southern hemisphere steppes storms sub-tropical sub-tropical belts summer sunspot temperature tion trade wind trees tropics tude tundra usually vegetation warm warmer weather west coast westerlies western yellow fever
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Page 273 - ... to the vigorous employment of all his faculties. A more economical Nature yields nothing, except to the sweat of his brow; every gift on her part is a recompense for effort on his.