Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts Part I Geography taught as a science .. Part II Local and civil geography .. . up to the surface to reduce its tem-peratuie. 12. By these Movements of the Water, the surface of theocean is prevented from attaining a degree of heat so gi-eat asto prove detrimental to the comfort and interests of mankind. 13. On, the Land, these two movements do not occur. Itsheated surface cannot rise in the air as water does by the pro-cess of evaporation; neither are cool portions of the groundbrought constantly up to reduce the temperatiue of the sm-f
Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts Part I Geography taught as a science .. Part II Local and civil geography .. . up to the surface to reduce its tem-peratuie. 12. By these Movements of the Water, the surface of theocean is prevented from attaining a degree of heat so gi-eat asto prove detrimental to the comfort and interests of mankind. 13. On, the Land, these two movements do not occur. Itsheated surface cannot rise in the air as water does by the pro-cess of evaporation; neither are cool portions of the groundbrought constantly up to reduce the temperatiue of the sm-face ; hence, the land becomes more heated by the suns raysthan the water does. 14. In Summer, the land freely imparts its heat to the at-mosphere near it and makes that season hot, perhaps oppres-sive ; but when -winter comes, the land has not saved enoughheat to keep off the severity of the cold. It is o-sviug to thisprocess of radiation that in some inland places, hot and sul-try days are followed by chiUy and disagreeable nights, andthat the deposition of dew is gi-eatci on laud than on water. 34 MONTEITWS 1*UYSICAL View from the Catskill Mountain House, New York, looking East. The Hudson River appears in the of the Classes of Clouds:—I, Cirrus; 2, Stratus; 3. Cumulus; 4, Nimbus. 15. In Winter, the continental climate is colder than theoceanic, because the land parts with its heat by radiation morereadily than does the water. 16. .S^ Pctcfsbury and the Faroe Inlands are nearly in thesame latitude : the climate of the former is continental; of thelatter, oceanic. TiTiich is the warmer in summer? Which isthe colder in winter? 17. The Summer of St. Petershiirg averages seven degreeswarmer than that of the Faroe Islands, north-west of Scot-land ; while the ^vinter of the former is twenty-two degreescolder than that of the latter. 18. Clouds are collections of visible vapor suspended in theatmosphere, at altitudes ranging from one to five miles. 19. F
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