. Manual of the natural history, geology and physics of Greenland and the neighbouring regions / prepared for the use of the Arctic expedition of 1875, under the direction of the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society and edited by T. Rupert Jones. Together with Instructions suggested by the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society for the use of the expedition / published by authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty [microform]. Natural history; Scientific expeditions; Sciences naturelles; Expéditions scientifiques. 600 WOODWAUP, rOLAR OLACIATION, ET(!. CXI.—On the Olaciation of the P
. Manual of the natural history, geology and physics of Greenland and the neighbouring regions / prepared for the use of the Arctic expedition of 1875, under the direction of the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society and edited by T. Rupert Jones. Together with Instructions suggested by the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society for the use of the expedition / published by authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty [microform]. Natural history; Scientific expeditions; Sciences naturelles; Expéditions scientifiques. 600 WOODWAUP, rOLAR OLACIATION, ET(!. CXI.—On the Olaciation of the Poles of tho Eautii. By Hknhy Woodward, Esq., , Pius. Oeol. Assoc, kc. M r'. [I. With Permission ; from the Proceedings of tho Geologists' Association, vol. iv., pp. 17-24. IH75.] [In connection with the Glacial Accunuilutions at the I'olar , and their varying eoiiditious, the folUtwing extracts from Mr. II. Woopwaud's IWsithiitial AtUrffis to the Geologists' Association, November (Jtli, 1874, supply a resume of much that is known, and hear upon the mifrration of I'aiinu; and Flora*, such as that treated of (dhove) in Dr. lIooKi:it'a "Memoir on the Distribution of Arctic riunts," at pages 200, 2U7, &c.— Kinrou.] If the obli(iuity of the Earth wore iiiereased, juul yet greater urea would Ite bronght under Arctic eonditiony. When the obrKpiity reached ;^°, the Arctic Circle would extend to lat. 54.^°, and the 'J'ropics to 3')^°, reducin;^ the TiMnpei'iitc Zones from their present width, of 43° each, to lf)°, one-half of the decrease being added to the Tropics, and the other half to the Arctic Zoue. The half near the Equator would have its Fiti. 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 Jones, T. Rupert (Thomas Rupert), 1819-1911; Royal Society. Arc
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