Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... Central America , pp . 268-278 . New Granada and Quito , pp . 281-285 , and notes ; ( Antisana , pp . 331-336 ; Sangay , p . 446 ; Tungurahua , p . 444 ; Coto- paxi , pp . 338-9 ; Chimborazo , p . 461 , note 80 ; ) Peru and Bolivia , p ...
... Central America , pp . 268-278 . New Granada and Quito , pp . 281-285 , and notes ; ( Antisana , pp . 331-336 ; Sangay , p . 446 ; Tungurahua , p . 444 ; Coto- paxi , pp . 338-9 ; Chimborazo , p . 461 , note 80 ; ) Peru and Bolivia , p ...
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... central body of our planetary system , not by its heat- producing quality , but by its own magnetic power , as well as by changes in the Photosphere ( the size and frequency of funnel - shaped openings ) , gives a higher cosmical ...
... central body of our planetary system , not by its heat- producing quality , but by its own magnetic power , as well as by changes in the Photosphere ( the size and frequency of funnel - shaped openings ) , gives a higher cosmical ...
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... central body are main- tained in constant motion . Even the partial solution of this purely physical problem would yield the highest and most splendid results that can be attained in these paths of inquiry , by the aid of experimental ...
... central body are main- tained in constant motion . Even the partial solution of this purely physical problem would yield the highest and most splendid results that can be attained in these paths of inquiry , by the aid of experimental ...
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... Central Europe , whose results approximate closely to one another ( see p . 37 ) . The difference fluctuates between 4th and 4th . The mean annual temperature of Jakutsk was determined at 13 ° .7 F. The oscillation between the summer ...
... Central Europe , whose results approximate closely to one another ( see p . 37 ) . The difference fluctuates between 4th and 4th . The mean annual temperature of Jakutsk was determined at 13 ° .7 F. The oscillation between the summer ...
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... central observatory in the capital of the empire under the efficient scientific direction of Pro- fessor Kupffer . ( See Cosmos , vol . i , p . 184. Kupffer Rap- port adressé à l'Acad . de St. Pétersbourg relatif à l'Obser- vatoire ...
... central observatory in the capital of the empire under the efficient scientific direction of Pro- fessor Kupffer . ( See Cosmos , vol . i , p . 184. Kupffer Rap- port adressé à l'Acad . de St. Pétersbourg relatif à l'Obser- vatoire ...
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Abich according acid active volcanoes America andesite Annalen appear ascended Asia Asie Centrale augite basaltic Boussingault chain Chimborazo coast cones conical mountain contain Cordilleras Cosmos Cotopaxi crater declination depth direction distance earth earthquakes east eastern Eifel elevation eruption expedition feet felspar fissures formation fragments geognostic geographical miles geological granite Gunung Gustav Rose heat height hemisphere Hobarton horary hornblende hornitos Humboldt inclination intensity interior investigations island Java Jorullo Junghuhn lake latitude lava lava-streams Leopold von Buch leucite magnetic force masses measurement meridian Mexico needle northern observations obsidian Ocean oligoclase olivine parallel period phenomena phenomenon Phil Poggend points portion pumice pumice-stone Quito remarkable rise rock Sabine scoriæ Sir James Ross southern springs Strabo strata subterranean sulphur summit surface temperature terrestrial magnetism tion toises trachytic Transact upheaval vapours variation Vesuvius volcanic activity Voyage western whilst