. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Science; Science -- New York (State). ARCTOWSKI, CHANGE):^ IN DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE 47 to illustrate the fact (Figs. 2-5). These maps show perfectly a circular movement in a clock-wise direction. This displacement is gradual and the inspection of the maps leaves no doubt about the dynamic character of the climatic change. It also appears evident that the phenomenon is confined to the N^orth American continent: the macromeion takes the place of the macropleion and both persist and stay on the continent: the macropleion has been pushed over the


. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Science; Science -- New York (State). ARCTOWSKI, CHANGE):^ IN DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE 47 to illustrate the fact (Figs. 2-5). These maps show perfectly a circular movement in a clock-wise direction. This displacement is gradual and the inspection of the maps leaves no doubt about the dynamic character of the climatic change. It also appears evident that the phenomenon is confined to the N^orth American continent: the macromeion takes the place of the macropleion and both persist and stay on the continent: the macropleion has been pushed over the West Indies and Mexico in order to take the place of the macromeion over the western states, but has not been pushed away, over the Atlantic, toward Europe or Fig. 2.—Macropleion. 1878-1887 Fig. 4.^Macromeion. 1880-1889. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Academy of Sciences; Casey, Thos. L. (Thomas Lincoln), 1857-1925; Van Ingen, Gilbert, 1869-; Poor, Charles Lane, 1866-; Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924; Tower, Ralph W. (Ralph Winfred), 1870-1926. New York, New York Academy of Sciences


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