Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... voyage , but he does not on that account assume to himself the merit of its first suggestion . Richer left Paris give , for the earth's ellipticity , limiting and widely differing values ( 304 and 5 ) . Astron . Physique , 3ème éd . t ...
... voyage , but he does not on that account assume to himself the merit of its first suggestion . Richer left Paris give , for the earth's ellipticity , limiting and widely differing values ( 304 and 5 ) . Astron . Physique , 3ème éd . t ...
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... voyage in the capacity of astronomer . In the course of this voyage , which was con- tinued through the years 1822 and 1823 , he coasted along 17 Compare Biot , Astronomie Physique , t . ii , 1844 , p . 464 , with Cosmos , vol . i , p ...
... voyage in the capacity of astronomer . In the course of this voyage , which was con- tinued through the years 1822 and 1823 , he coasted along 17 Compare Biot , Astronomie Physique , t . ii , 1844 , p . 464 , with Cosmos , vol . i , p ...
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... Voyage à l'Equateur , pp . 68-70 ) . The deviation yielded by the altitudes of the stars , was , contrary to all expectation , only 7. " 5 which was ascribed by the observers themselves to the difficulty of making observations so ...
... Voyage à l'Equateur , pp . 68-70 ) . The deviation yielded by the altitudes of the stars , was , contrary to all expectation , only 7. " 5 which was ascribed by the observers themselves to the difficulty of making observations so ...
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... voyage ( 1496 ) , he actually endeavoured to steer his way by observing the declination . The insight into the possibility of such a method was undoubtedly that uncommunicable secret of longitude , which Sebastian Cabot boasted on his ...
... voyage ( 1496 ) , he actually endeavoured to steer his way by observing the declination . The insight into the possibility of such a method was undoubtedly that uncommunicable secret of longitude , which Sebastian Cabot boasted on his ...
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... voyage in 1585 , with Francisco Gali , from the Philippines to Aca- pulco , for the sole purpose of testing by a long trial in the South Sea a Declinatorium of his own invention . Amid this generally diffused taste for practical ...
... voyage in 1585 , with Francisco Gali , from the Philippines to Aca- pulco , for the sole purpose of testing by a long trial in the South Sea a Declinatorium of his own invention . Amid this generally diffused taste for practical ...
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Abich according acid active volcanoes America andesite Annalen appear ascended 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 Etna 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