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A study of the sky (1896)

Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926 · Meadville, Penna., Flood and Vincent · leaf 251

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e original lake and the sea are ap- A horse-shoe. 244 A Study of the Sky. The canals fill. Varioustheories. Irrigation. parently joined. If the land separating the lake fromthe sea is low, and slight changes in the water levelare admitted, the preceding changes in appearance may-be explained. When… … Fig. 115.—The Polar Cap in July and August, 1892. Plausible as all the theories about snow, seas, dryland, clouds, and inundations, which have been ad-vanced, may appear, we must not forget that they areall subject to revision when new light is obtained. Themost variant theories have already been…

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