Notes of a Naturalist in South AmericaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 416 pagini |
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Pagina viii
... nature could not fail to make them the objects of frequent attention , the more especially as many erro- neous impressions as to the climate of various parts PREFACE . ix of South America are still current , viii PREFACE .
... nature could not fail to make them the objects of frequent attention , the more especially as many erro- neous impressions as to the climate of various parts PREFACE . ix of South America are still current , viii PREFACE .
Pagina xi
... Climate of the Cordillera — Remarks on the Andean flora - Return to Lima - Visit to a sugar - plantation -Condition of Peru - Prospect of anarchy ... CHAPTER III . Voyage from Callao to Valparaiso — Arica - Tocopilla — Scenery of the ...
... Climate of the Cordillera — Remarks on the Andean flora - Return to Lima - Visit to a sugar - plantation -Condition of Peru - Prospect of anarchy ... CHAPTER III . Voyage from Callao to Valparaiso — Arica - Tocopilla — Scenery of the ...
Pagina xii
... Climate of the Straits and of the southern hemisphere - Voyage to Monte Video - Saturnalia of children - City of Monte Video - Signor Bartolomeo Bossi ; his explorations - Neighbourhood of the city - Uruguayan politics -River steamer ...
... Climate of the Straits and of the southern hemisphere - Voyage to Monte Video - Saturnalia of children - City of Monte Video - Signor Bartolomeo Bossi ; his explorations - Neighbourhood of the city - Uruguayan politics -River steamer ...
Pagina xiii
... temperature in ascending to heights ... ... ... above the sea - level APPENDIX B. - Remarks on Mr. Croll's theory of secular changes of the earth's climate ... PAGE 303 . 369 .. 393 REFOR UNIV GALIFORN NOTES OF A NATURALIST IN SOUTH ...
... temperature in ascending to heights ... ... ... above the sea - level APPENDIX B. - Remarks on Mr. Croll's theory of secular changes of the earth's climate ... PAGE 303 . 369 .. 393 REFOR UNIV GALIFORN NOTES OF A NATURALIST IN SOUTH ...
Pagina 5
... climates , such as that of the British Islands , but might be applied in many parts of the broad zone lying within ... climate . The thermometer at noon stood at 71 ° , and was not seen to fall below 70 ° until , some three weeks later ...
... climates , such as that of the British Islands , but might be applied in many parts of the broad zone lying within ... climate . The thermometer at noon stood at 71 ° , and was not seen to fall below 70 ° until , some three weeks later ...
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