The Philosophy Of The Weather And A Guide To Its Changes (1856) - Tapa blanda

Butler, Thomas Belden

9780548826478: The Philosophy Of The Weather And A Guide To Its Changes (1856)

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ISBN 10: 0548826471 ISBN 13: 9780548826478

Editorial: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008

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INTRODUCTION. Tar; atmospheric conditions and phenomena which constitute "The Weather" are of surpassing interest. Now, we rejoice jo. the genial air and warm rains of spring, which clothe the earth with verdure; jn the alternating heat and showers of summer, which insure the bountiful harvest j in the milder, ripening sunshine of autumn; or the mantle of snow and the invigorating nir of ~ moderate winter's-
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1; Heat aod moisture are indispensable to the fertillity of tho; earth-Arrangements exist for their diffusion and distribution,; and aU thepbenomena of the weatber result from their; operation-Heat furnished or produced mainly by tb!l direct; action of the sun's rays-Manner in which it is diffused over; the earth-Other causes operate besides tho sun's rays--Tbo; earth intensely heated "in its interior-Heat derived from tho; great Oceanic curren~ and tho aerial currents which fiow; from tho tropics to the poles, and fro"m magnetism and electri(>; ity-Watcr distributed by an atmospheric machinery as extensive; 3S tbe globe-Evidences of this-Its distribution over; the continents of North America-Explanation of it-Sourco; from whenco our supply of water is derived, and from whicb; I'AQ1I:; our rivers return II • • • • • • • • •• • •• II • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1; CHAPTER II; Our riers return i

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