 | John Playfair - 1812 - 344 pages
...magnitude and variety f their causes, seemed most superior to his controul. At Guiana in South America, the rainy season . has been shortened by the clearing of the country, and the warmth greatly increased. It thun... . . ders continually in the woods ; rarely in the cultivated parts. BUFFON,... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1821 - 436 pages
...phenomena, which from the magnitude and variety of their causes, seemed entirely beyond his controul. At Guiana, in South America, within five degrees of...continually in the woods, rarely in the cultivated parts. Drainage of the ground, and removal of forests, however, cannot be reckoned among the sources of the... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1827 - 904 pages
...America, proves, that the power of man extends to phe¿ nemena, which, from the magnitude and vs.. nety of their causes, seemed entirely beyond his control....the clearing of the country, and the warmth is so inereaaed, that a fire now would be deemed an annoyance. It thunders continually in the woods, rarely... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1828 - 872 pages
...beyond his control. At Guiana, in South America, within five degrees of the line, the inhabitant» living amid immense forests, a century ago, were obliged...continually in the woods^ rarely in the cultivated parts. Drainage of the ground, and removal of forests, however, cannot be reckoned among the sources of the... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1831 - 980 pages
...cold by evening fires. Even the duration of the rainy season has been shortened by the clearing of (he country ; and the warmth is so increased, that a fire...continually in the woods, rarely in the cultivated parts. Drainage of the ground, and removal of forests, however, cannot be reckoned among the sources of the... | |
 | T H. Howe - 1842 - 458 pages
...France ; and the forests J * From the atmosphere. t Mrs. Somerville, p. 285. J In Guiana, within 5° of the line, the inhabitants, living amid immense...continually in the woods, rarely in the cultivated parts." — Dr. Ure. The climates of European countries are now much less severe than in ancient times, before... | |
 | Graham Hutchison - 1843 - 684 pages
...the magnitude and variety of their causes, appear most beyond its reach. At Guiana, in South America, the rainy season has been shortened by the clearing of the country, and the warmth has been greatly increased. It thunders continually in the woods, rarely in the cultivated parts."... | |
 | George Barrell Emerson - 1846 - 656 pages
...forming perennial streams, watering and fertilizing the * "At Guiana, in South America, within 5° of the line, the inhabitants living amid immense forests,...that a fire now •would be deemed an annoyance." — Ure's Dictionary of Chemittry,— article, Climate. low country through the longest summers, and... | |
 | 1855 - 396 pages
...sugar *" At Guina. in South America, within five degrees of the line, the inhabitants living amidst immense forests, a century ago, were obliged to alleviate...that a fire now would be deemed an annoyance."— Ure's Dictionary of Chemistry,—article Climate. fVolume II, p. 62. 14 cane, or any other tropical... | |
 | 1855 - 654 pages
...Immense foreste, a cenlury ago, were obliged to alleviate the severity of tho cold by evening dree. Even the duration of the rainy season has been .shortened...the country, and the warmth is so Increased, that a Ore now would be deemed nt) annoyance.' — ¿7re'e Dictionary qf Cheniulri/, — article, Climate."... | |
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At Guiana, in South America, within five degrees of the line, the inhabitants living amid immense forests, a century ago, were obliged to alleviate the severity of the cold, by evening fires. Even the duration of the rainy season 'has been shortened by... 
