Class-book of Science and LiteratureChambers, 1869 - 324 pages |
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Page 36
... earth is substituted for the liquid , for if the wire which goes along the lines be attached to the copper plate of the battery , and a wire , attached to the zinc , be carried down into the earth , the circuit is complete . In fig . 38 ...
... earth is substituted for the liquid , for if the wire which goes along the lines be attached to the copper plate of the battery , and a wire , attached to the zinc , be carried down into the earth , the circuit is complete . In fig . 38 ...
Page 37
... earth - wire , and then back , through the earth , to the zinc plate of the battery . The time during which the sharp point in the recorder is to press upon the paper , as before described , is thus regulated by means of the handle , H ...
... earth - wire , and then back , through the earth , to the zinc plate of the battery . The time during which the sharp point in the recorder is to press upon the paper , as before described , is thus regulated by means of the handle , H ...
Page 42
... earth the heat which has been radiated from it ; so that the surface of the earth does not become colder than the air above it , and therefore the vapour is not condensed . Heat is always transmitted from one body to another which is ...
... earth the heat which has been radiated from it ; so that the surface of the earth does not become colder than the air above it , and therefore the vapour is not condensed . Heat is always transmitted from one body to another which is ...
Page 46
... earth was by the fabled god Atlas . The second cervical is called the axis , because it is the proper axis or joint of the neck , the joint between it and the atlas , which is a pivot - joint , being that which enables the head to turn ...
... earth was by the fabled god Atlas . The second cervical is called the axis , because it is the proper axis or joint of the neck , the joint between it and the atlas , which is a pivot - joint , being that which enables the head to turn ...
Page 100
... earth , and unfit it for their own abode . Cuvier divided the Carnivora into three sections . The first section , named Plantigrade , 10 contains those which place the whole sole of the foot on the ground in walking , of which the ...
... earth , and unfit it for their own abode . Cuvier divided the Carnivora into three sections . The first section , named Plantigrade , 10 contains those which place the whole sole of the foot on the ground in walking , of which the ...
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