| John Tyndall - 1863 - 538 Seiten
...raise 770 x 4= 3080 cubic feet of air 1°. The vast influence which the ocean must exert as a moderatof of climate here suggests itself. The heat of summer is stored up in the ocean, and slowly given out THE OCEAN A MODERATOR OF CLIMATE. 147 during the winter. Hence one cause of the absence of extremes... | |
| John Tyndall - 1863 - 500 Seiten
...cubic foot of water in losing 1° of temperature would raise 770 X 4 = 3080 cubic feet of air 1°. The vast influence which the ocean must exert as a...moderator of climate here suggests itself. The heat of THE OCEAN A MODERATOR OF CLIMATE. 161 summer is stored up in the ocean, and slowly given out during... | |
| John Tyndall - 1865 - 494 Seiten
...exert as a moderator of climate here suggests itself. The heat of THE OCEAN A MODKRATOE OF CLIMATE. 161 summer is stored up in the ocean, and slowly given...during the winter. Hence one cause of the absence of o extremes in an island climate. The summers of the island can never attain the fervid heat of the... | |
| John Tyndall - 1869 - 566 Seiten
...water, in losing one degree of temperature, would raise 770 x4-2= 3,234 cubic feet of air, one degree. The vast influence which the ocean must exert, as a moderator of climate, here suggests itselC The heat of THE OCEAN A MODERATOR OF CLIMATE. 165 rammer is stored up in the ocean, and slowly... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1875 - 610 Seiten
...losing 1° of temperature, would raise 770 x 4 = 3,080 cubic feet of air 1°. The heat of summer is thus stored up in the ocean, and slowly given out during the winter. Wherever tropical ocean currents flow from lower to higher latitudes, they show the genial influence... | |
| John J. Prince - 1877 - 184 Seiten
...air, 1°. We see from this the great influence which the ocean must exert on the climate of a country. The heat of summer is stored up in the ocean and slowly...of the absence of extremes in an island climate.* GEOLOGY. KELATING TO THE EARTH'S CRUST. 46. The CrUSt Of the Earth.— By the crust of the earth we... | |
| William Lees - 1877 - 318 Seiten
...C. We see from this, " the great influence which the ocean must exert on the climate of a country. The heat of summer is stored up in the ocean, and...of the absence of extremes in an island climate."* 236. Experimental Illustration.— The difference which subsists between bodies, in regard to their... | |
| Elroy McKendree Avery - 1878 - 480 Seiten
...sea-coast is warmer in winter and cooler in summer than that of inland places of the same latitude. The heat of summer is stored up in the ocean and slowly given out during the winter. This fact also explains a phenomenon familiar to those living on the borders of the ocean or great... | |
| William Lees - 1881 - 100 Seiten
...1° C. We see from this ' the great influence which the ocean must exert on the climate of a country. The heat of summer is stored up in the ocean, and...of the absence of extremes in an island climate.'* 6. " Experimental Illustration. — -The difference which subsists between bodies, in regard to their... | |
| Mark Robinson Wright - 1887 - 294 Seiten
...water in losing one degree of temperature would raise 770 x4-2 = 3234 cubic feet of air one degree. ' The vast influence which the ocean must exert as a...the ocean, and slowly given out during the winter. This is one cause of the absence of extremes in an island climate.'' Railway foot-warmers are filled... | |
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