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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I THE FAILURE OF ATTEMPTS TO ACCOUNT FOR SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE
- CHAPTER II MISAPPREHENSIONS REGARDING THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE.—REPLAY TO CRITICS
- CHAPTER III MISAPPREHENSIONS REGARDING THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE.—Continued
- CHAPTER IV OBJECTION THAT THE AIR AT THE EQUATOR IS NOT HOTTER IN JANUARY THAN IN JULY
- CHAPTER V THE ICE OF GREENLAND AND THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT NOT DUE TO ELEVATION OF THE LAND
- CHAPTER VI EXAMINATION OF MR. ALFRED R. WALLACE'S MODIFICATION OF THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE
- CHAPTER VII EXAMINATION OF MR. ALFRED R. WALLACE'S MODIFICATION OF THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE.—Continued
- CHAPTER VIII EXAMINATION OF MR. ALFRED R. WALLACE'S MODIFICATION OF THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE.—Continued
- CHAPTER IX THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF MILD POLAR CLIMATES
- CHAPTER X THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF MILD POLAR CLIMATES.—Continued
- CHAPTER XI INTERGLACIAL PERIODS IN ARCTIC REGIONS
- CHAPTER XII THE DISTRIBUTION OF FLORA AND FAUNA IN ARCTIC REGIONS
- CHAPTER XIII PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE ANTARCTIC ICE-SHEET
- CHAPTER XIV PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE ANTARCTIC ICE-SHEET.—Continued
- CHAPTER XV REGELATION AS A CAUSE OF GLACIER MOTION
- CHAPTER XVI THE TEMPERATURE OF SPACE AND ITS BEARING ON TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS
- CHAPTER XVII THE PROBABLE ORIGIN AND AGE OF THE SUN'S HEAT
- CHAPTER XVIII THE PROBABLE ORIGIN AND AGE OF THE SUN'S HEAT.—Continued
- CHAPTER XIX THE PROBABLE ORIGIN OF NEBULÆ
- INDEX
CHAPTER VI - EXAMINATION OF MR. ALFRED R. WALLACE'S MODIFICATION OF THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2014
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I THE FAILURE OF ATTEMPTS TO ACCOUNT FOR SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE
- CHAPTER II MISAPPREHENSIONS REGARDING THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE.—REPLAY TO CRITICS
- CHAPTER III MISAPPREHENSIONS REGARDING THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE.—Continued
- CHAPTER IV OBJECTION THAT THE AIR AT THE EQUATOR IS NOT HOTTER IN JANUARY THAN IN JULY
- CHAPTER V THE ICE OF GREENLAND AND THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT NOT DUE TO ELEVATION OF THE LAND
- CHAPTER VI EXAMINATION OF MR. ALFRED R. WALLACE'S MODIFICATION OF THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE
- CHAPTER VII EXAMINATION OF MR. ALFRED R. WALLACE'S MODIFICATION OF THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE.—Continued
- CHAPTER VIII EXAMINATION OF MR. ALFRED R. WALLACE'S MODIFICATION OF THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE.—Continued
- CHAPTER IX THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF MILD POLAR CLIMATES
- CHAPTER X THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF MILD POLAR CLIMATES.—Continued
- CHAPTER XI INTERGLACIAL PERIODS IN ARCTIC REGIONS
- CHAPTER XII THE DISTRIBUTION OF FLORA AND FAUNA IN ARCTIC REGIONS
- CHAPTER XIII PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE ANTARCTIC ICE-SHEET
- CHAPTER XIV PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE ANTARCTIC ICE-SHEET.—Continued
- CHAPTER XV REGELATION AS A CAUSE OF GLACIER MOTION
- CHAPTER XVI THE TEMPERATURE OF SPACE AND ITS BEARING ON TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS
- CHAPTER XVII THE PROBABLE ORIGIN AND AGE OF THE SUN'S HEAT
- CHAPTER XVIII THE PROBABLE ORIGIN AND AGE OF THE SUN'S HEAT.—Continued
- CHAPTER XIX THE PROBABLE ORIGIN OF NEBULÆ
- INDEX
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- Discussions on Climate and Cosmology , pp. 82 - 99Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1885