Tropics

Examples

• One cannot resist speculation as to what might have happened to Edison himself and to the development of electricity had he made this proposed plunge into the enervating tropics. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Hence, the quickest way was to search the tropics until the proper material was found. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I have also had a piece stewed, which you will be able to taste; this has of course passed the tropics. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Later he learned to spin and weave; next to food and drink, clothing became a fundamental necessity, for without it his life could not extend outside of the limited zone of the tropics. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Child of the sun, and nursling of the tropics, it would expire in these climes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The air rarefied between the tropics, and rising, must flow in the higher region north and south. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The addition of over seven hundred to this list crowded the steamer most uncomfortably, especially for the tropics in July. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This was in marked contrast to the fauna and flora of th e South American tropics. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The air under the equator and between the tropics being constantly heated and rarefied by the sun, rises. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Thunderstorms are at their worst in the summer in temperate latitudes, but they occur to some extent all the year round, and those in the tropics are of extreme violence. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is easy to send cream in good condition to the tropics. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.

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