The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 20
... wind high waves ; dense streaks of foam along the direction of the wind ; sea begins to roll ; spray affects visibility very high waves with long overhanging crests ; resulting foam in great patches is blown in dense white streaks along ...
... wind high waves ; dense streaks of foam along the direction of the wind ; sea begins to roll ; spray affects visibility very high waves with long overhanging crests ; resulting foam in great patches is blown in dense white streaks along ...
Page 208
... Wind River , master stream of the upper basin , originates in the high areas of the Wind River and Absaroka Mountains in northwest- ern Wyoming . Flowing southeastward to a lowland area in west central Wyoming , it is joined by the Popo ...
... Wind River , master stream of the upper basin , originates in the high areas of the Wind River and Absaroka Mountains in northwest- ern Wyoming . Flowing southeastward to a lowland area in west central Wyoming , it is joined by the Popo ...
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... wind blows at right angles to the atmospheric pressure gra- dient . Although he was not the first to make this discovery , his name remains attached to it as Buys Ballot's law ( q.v. ) . Buys Ballot studied and taught at the Univer ...
... wind blows at right angles to the atmospheric pressure gra- dient . Although he was not the first to make this discovery , his name remains attached to it as Buys Ballot's law ( q.v. ) . Buys Ballot studied and taught at the Univer ...
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John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
To make the best use of the Britannica | 260 |
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