The New Encyclopædia BritannicaEncyclopædia Britannica, 1983 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 84
Page 79
... North American Miocene ( 26,000,000 to 7,000,000 years ago ) produced some ruminants , such as Blastomeryx , that are hard to distinguish from the early palaeomery- cine relatives of giraffes and deer in the Old World , which , with the ...
... North American Miocene ( 26,000,000 to 7,000,000 years ago ) produced some ruminants , such as Blastomeryx , that are hard to distinguish from the early palaeomery- cine relatives of giraffes and deer in the Old World , which , with the ...
Page 301
... North Atlantic , the weather is usually settled and fine in the latitudes of the high pressure but is un- settled and stormy in the higher latitudes of the Wester- lies . The great storminess of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies ...
... North Atlantic , the weather is usually settled and fine in the latitudes of the high pressure but is un- settled and stormy in the higher latitudes of the Wester- lies . The great storminess of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies ...
Page 302
... North Equatorial Currents spread to the north and to the south when reaching the east coasts of North and South America and , correspond- ingly , the region of high surface temperature is wide off the American east coasts but narrow off ...
... North Equatorial Currents spread to the north and to the south when reaching the east coasts of North and South America and , correspond- ingly , the region of high surface temperature is wide off the American east coasts but narrow off ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aesthetic ancient appear areas arms artists aschelminths Asia Asian associated atmosphere atoms become body called Central centre century changes China continued countries criticism culture early Earth East economic effect electrons elements energy example exist field forces France function Games groups head human important increase India individual industrial influence Italy Japan known later less light lines living lower major mass means ment metres military mountain nature North objects observations occur organization original painting particular percent period physical Pleistocene political population position possible practice present produced radiation range region relatively remains represent result schools social society sometimes sources South Soviet species stars structure style surface temperature theory tion traditional types United usually various West western