Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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Page 14
... According to the determinations published by Bessel in the year 1841 , the mean value of the dimensions of our planet was , according to a careful investigation of ten mea early death has proved a severe loss to science , in ...
... According to the determinations published by Bessel in the year 1841 , the mean value of the dimensions of our planet was , according to a careful investigation of ten mea early death has proved a severe loss to science , in ...
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... According to the earliest determinations , the length of the metre was determined at 0.5130740 of a toise , while according to Bessel's last determination it ought to be 0.5131180 of a toise . The difference for the length of the metre ...
... According to the earliest determinations , the length of the metre was determined at 0.5130740 of a toise , while according to Bessel's last determination it ought to be 0.5131180 of a toise . The difference for the length of the metre ...
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... according to certain functions of distance from the surface towards the centre of the earth , may give rise to local fluctuations in the intensity of gravity at individual points of the earth's surface , which differ according to the ...
... according to certain functions of distance from the surface towards the centre of the earth , may give rise to local fluctuations in the intensity of gravity at individual points of the earth's surface , which differ according to the ...
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... according to whose opinions the sun " did not go under the earth , but passed round it , " considered that the protuberances of the earth towards the north were the cause of the disappearance of the sun , or of the production of night ...
... according to whose opinions the sun " did not go under the earth , but passed round it , " considered that the protuberances of the earth towards the north were the cause of the disappearance of the sun , or of the production of night ...
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... according to Lieutenant Henry Strachey , is situated at the mean height of 15,347 feet . The bulg- ing of our planet at the equatorial zone is therefore not lost in such magnitudes , so that in these cases we are unable to deter- mine ...
... according to Lieutenant Henry Strachey , is situated at the mean height of 15,347 feet . The bulg- ing of our planet at the equatorial zone is therefore not lost in such magnitudes , so that in these cases we are unable to deter- mine ...
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