The Saturday Magazine, Volume 4John William Parker, 1834 - Periodicals |
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... Winds , 6 VIII . Changes in the Atmosphere , 11 IX . On the Use of the Barometer , 63 X. Dew , 117 XI . Lightning , 198 Naval Power of England , progress of , from Alfred to Henry VII , 73 , 74 ; -from Henry VIII . to George 11. , 74 ...
... Winds , 6 VIII . Changes in the Atmosphere , 11 IX . On the Use of the Barometer , 63 X. Dew , 117 XI . Lightning , 198 Naval Power of England , progress of , from Alfred to Henry VII , 73 , 74 ; -from Henry VIII . to George 11. , 74 ...
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... Winds . The general phenomena are of this nature . Between the tropics , the tendency of the wind is from the eastward towards the west . To the north of the Equator , the wind blows from about N.E. to S.W .; and , to the south of the ...
... Winds . The general phenomena are of this nature . Between the tropics , the tendency of the wind is from the eastward towards the west . To the north of the Equator , the wind blows from about N.E. to S.W .; and , to the south of the ...
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... Winds are almost always observed to blow in an opposite direction to that of the wind : and Captain Hall found , on the top of the Peak of Teneriffe , a gentle gale blowing from the S.W. directly opposite to the course of the Trade ...
... Winds are almost always observed to blow in an opposite direction to that of the wind : and Captain Hall found , on the top of the Peak of Teneriffe , a gentle gale blowing from the S.W. directly opposite to the course of the Trade ...
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... wind are always moving some parts of the air over the ocean , and others over large tracts of land , by which they become heated or cooled , and raise greater or less quantities of water by evaporation . Besides these causes , there are ...
... wind are always moving some parts of the air over the ocean , and others over large tracts of land , by which they become heated or cooled , and raise greater or less quantities of water by evaporation . Besides these causes , there are ...
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... wind it blew loud , And rung as it passed through each murmuring shroud . My forehead was wet with the foam of the spray , My heart sigh'd in secret for those far away ; When slowly the morning advanced from the east , The toil and the ...
... wind it blew loud , And rung as it passed through each murmuring shroud . My forehead was wet with the foam of the spray , My heart sigh'd in secret for those far away ; When slowly the morning advanced from the east , The toil and the ...
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