 ... flow. The southern belt of high pressure lies nearly parallel to the equator, and is of nearly uniform breadth throughout; but the belt north of the equator has a very irregular outline, and great differences in its breadth and in its inclination...  A manual of inorganic chemistryby sir Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1885Snippet view - About this book
 | Alexander Buchan - Meteorology - 1868 - 438 pages
...the atmosphere, it is towards these belts of high pressure that the upper currents of the air flow. The southern belt of high pressure lies nearly parallel...the equator has a very irregular outline, and great difference in its breadth and in its inclination to the equator, — these irregularities being due... | |
 | Alexander Buchan - Meteorology - 1871 - 260 pages
...atmosphere, it is towards these belts of high pressure that the upper currents of the air must flow. The southern belt of high pressure lies nearly parallel...differences in its breadth and in its inclination to the equator,—these irregularities being due to the unequal distribution of land and water in the northern... | |
 | William Henry Rosser - Meteorology - 1876 - 184 pages
...atmosphere, it is towards these belts of high pressure that the upper currents of the air must flow. The southern belt of high pressure lies nearly parallel...distribution of land and water in the Northern Hemisphere. Considered in a broad sense, there are only three regions of low pressure — one round each pole,... | |
 | William Henry Rosser - Meteorology - 1876 - 176 pages
...atmosphere, it is towards these belts of high pressure that the upper currents of the air must flow. The southern belt of high pressure lies nearly parallel...distribution of land and water in the Northern Hemisphere. Considered in a broad sense, there are only three regions of low pressure — one round each pole,... | |
 | William Henry Rosser - Meteorology - 1876 - 196 pages
...atmosphere, it is towards these belts of high pressure that the upper currents of the air must flow. The southern belt of high pressure lies nearly parallel...differences in its breadth and in its inclination to the equator,—these irregularities being due to the unequal distribution of land and water in the Northern... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Meteorology - 1884 - 274 pages
...currents of the air flow toward these belts of high pressure, both from the north and from the south. The southern belt of high pressure lies nearly parallel...is of nearly uniform breadth throughout ; but the northern belt has a very irregular outline and great differences both in its breadth and in its inclination... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 928 pages
...conclusions regarding the geographical distribution of atmospheric pressure are the following : — There are two regions of high pressure, the one north...due to the unequal distribution of land and water in tlif northern hemisphere. Taking abroad view of the subject, there are only three regions of low pressure,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 936 pages
...round the globe as broad belts of high pressure. The belt of high pressure in the southern hemisphere lies nearly parallel to the equator, and is of nearly...north of the equator has a very irregular outline, and shows great differences in its breadth and its inclination to the equator. These irregularities wholly... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - Science - 1869 - 640 pages
...the centre of which, _runs a narrow belt of still lower pressure, towards which the trade wind;blow. The southern belt of high pressure lies nearly parallel to the equator, and is generally of uniform breadth throughout. But the belt north of the equator lias a very irregular outline... | |
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