Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Том 13Victoria Institute., 1880 |
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... land only at the poles . Now it is difficult to reason out all the consequences as to the mean temperature of the whole surface . The mere fact that two such opposite views have been held suggests a doubt whether either can 12.
... land only at the poles . Now it is difficult to reason out all the consequences as to the mean temperature of the whole surface . The mere fact that two such opposite views have been held suggests a doubt whether either can 12.
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views have been held suggests a doubt whether either can rest on sure scientific grounds . The one thing which seems clear and certain is , that a structure like that of our globe with two main oceans extending almost unbroken from the ...
views have been held suggests a doubt whether either can rest on sure scientific grounds . The one thing which seems clear and certain is , that a structure like that of our globe with two main oceans extending almost unbroken from the ...
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... doubt a circle may be found , as Lieut . - Col . Drayson has proved , to satisfy the observations , which range over only four centuries . But this is a striking example of the danger of trusting to a purely . empirical law beyond the ...
... doubt a circle may be found , as Lieut . - Col . Drayson has proved , to satisfy the observations , which range over only four centuries . But this is a striking example of the danger of trusting to a purely . empirical law beyond the ...
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... doubt that it would involve the consequence of fierce extremes of summer heat and winter cold , over a large part of each hemisphere of the earth . VI . — THE THEORY OF INCREASED EXCENTRICITY . 26. The most popular theory , at present ...
... doubt that it would involve the consequence of fierce extremes of summer heat and winter cold , over a large part of each hemisphere of the earth . VI . — THE THEORY OF INCREASED EXCENTRICITY . 26. The most popular theory , at present ...
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... doubt brought under consideration when Professor McKenny Hughes ( Wood- wardian Professor of Geology ) reads his paper upon the subject ; but there are no other reasons that can be produced , except those to which Professor Birks has ...
... doubt brought under consideration when Professor McKenny Hughes ( Wood- wardian Professor of Geology ) reads his paper upon the subject ; but there are no other reasons that can be produced , except those to which Professor Birks has ...
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