 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 836 pages
...icy mantle, the température of the air, even during summer, ftilom rises above the freezing point. Were it not for the ice, the summers of north Greenland,...the horizon, would be as warm as those of England ; Mt instead of this, the Greenland summers are colder than the English winters. If India were covered... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 826 pages
...the air, even during summer, ".•M»m rises above the freezing point. Were it n •' :'i ir the i^e, the summers of north Greenland, owing to the continuance...the horizon, would be as warm as those of England ; ; :t instead of this, the Greenland summers are !'kr than the English winters. If India were cowed... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 832 pages
...mantle, the temperature of tho air, even dnring summer, -tUum rues above the freezing point. Were it sot for the ice, the summers of north Greenland, owing to the continuance of tho sun above the horizon, would be as warm as thoso of England ; Vn instead of this, the Greenland... | |
 | Physics - 1870 - 1136 pages
...icy mantle, the temperature of the air, even during summer, seldom rises above the freezing-point. Were it not for the ice, the summers of North Greenland,...those of England ; but, instead of this, the Greenland * Scoresby's ' Arctic Regions," vol. ii. p. 379. Darnell's ' Meteorology,' vol. ii. p. 123. t Tyndall,... | |
 | Joseph Beete Jukes - Geology - 1872 - 810 pages
...mantle, the temperature of the air, even during summer, never rises much above the freezing-point. Were it not for the ice, the summers of North Greenland,...continuance of the sun above the horizon, would be es warm as those of England ; but, instead of this, the Greenland summers are colder than our winters.... | |
 | Joseph Beete Jukes - Geology - 1872 - 830 pages
...mantle, the temperature of the air, even during summer, never rises much above the freezing-point. Were it not for the ice, the summers of North Greenland,...owing to the continuance of the sun above the horizon, ' Scoresby's Antic Region*, vol. ii. p. 379. Daniell's Meteorology, vol. ii. p. 123. t TyndaU, On Heat,... | |
 | James Croll - Climatology - 1875 - 632 pages
...the character of the rays they would not be absorbed by the air, but would pass into stellar space. "Were it not for the ice, the summers of North Greenland,...as warm as those of England ; but, instead of this, tho » Tyndall, " On Heat," article 364. Greenland summers are colder than our winters. Cover India... | |
 | James Croll - Climatology - 1875 - 624 pages
...the character of the rays they would not be absorbed by the air, but would pass into stellar space. Were it not for the ice, the summers of North Greenland, owing to the continuance of the sun above the horixon, would be as warm as those of England ; but, instead of this, the * Tyndall, " On Heat," article... | |
 | Science - 1880 - 902 pages
...enormous. " Were it not for the ice," strikingly remarks Dr. Croll, "the summers of Greenland . . . would be as warm as those of England ; but, instead...the Greenland summers are colder than our winters. Cover India with an ice-sheet, and its summers would be colder than those of England." Even on our... | |
 | Earth sciences - 1883 - 544 pages
...that the perihelion summers of the Glacial epoch could l>e hot. No snow and ice-covered continent ean enjoy a hot summer. This is clearly shown by the present...falls more or less nine days out of ten. But were the ice covering removed a snow shower during summer would be as great a rarity as it would be with us.... | |
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Were it not for the ice, the summers of North Greenland, owing to the continuance of the sun above the horizon, would be as warm as those of England ; but, instead of this, tho » Tyndall, " On Heat, 
