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... Plants and Animals - Table Lines of Temperatures , CHAPTER V. Optical Phenomena - Color of the Atmosphere - Halo - Mi- rage - Meteoric Showers - Zodiacal Light -- Aurora Bo- realis , 125 137 147 - 159 CONTENTS . xi PART III . CHAPTER I ...
... Plants and Animals - Table Lines of Temperatures , CHAPTER V. Optical Phenomena - Color of the Atmosphere - Halo - Mi- rage - Meteoric Showers - Zodiacal Light -- Aurora Bo- realis , 125 137 147 - 159 CONTENTS . xi PART III . CHAPTER I ...
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... plants , myriads of years past . To the Astronomer , the proof is equally conclusive , that the Heavens are infinite , and eternal , that our system will , at least so far as natural causes are operating , continue for ever , unchanged ...
... plants , myriads of years past . To the Astronomer , the proof is equally conclusive , that the Heavens are infinite , and eternal , that our system will , at least so far as natural causes are operating , continue for ever , unchanged ...
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... plant . This they could not do , judging from the simple change in the climate , or temperature , due to the return of spring ; as various causes , which we need not mention , render this indication liable to great uncertainty . Hence ...
... plant . This they could not do , judging from the simple change in the climate , or temperature , due to the return of spring ; as various causes , which we need not mention , render this indication liable to great uncertainty . Hence ...
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... plants and vegetables , which need this sustenance , receiving the greatest abundance ; but little is deposited upon the dry land , still less upon polished metalic bodies , and none at all upon the ocean . The deposition in these cases ...
... plants and vegetables , which need this sustenance , receiving the greatest abundance ; but little is deposited upon the dry land , still less upon polished metalic bodies , and none at all upon the ocean . The deposition in these cases ...
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... the seasons is great , and the contrary . The effect of climate upon the plants and animals is very marked . geographical distribution of Each , generally has its pe- culiar climate where it thrives best , and beyond certain.
... the seasons is great , and the contrary . The effect of climate upon the plants and animals is very marked . geographical distribution of Each , generally has its pe- culiar climate where it thrives best , and beyond certain.
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