Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... atmosphere of that planet , ( Cosmos , vol . iv , p . 504 ) . Guided by analogies and reasoning , we may indeed here assume the presence of ice or snow ( oxygen and hydrogen ) , as in the eruptive masses or the annular plains of the ...
... atmosphere of that planet , ( Cosmos , vol . iv , p . 504 ) . Guided by analogies and reasoning , we may indeed here assume the presence of ice or snow ( oxygen and hydrogen ) , as in the eruptive masses or the annular plains of the ...
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... atmospheres , and of carbonic acid in boxwood charcoal , when more than one - third is condensed in a liquid state on the walls of the cells ) the chemical action of contact- substances which , by their presence occasion or destroy ( by ...
... atmospheres , and of carbonic acid in boxwood charcoal , when more than one - third is condensed in a liquid state on the walls of the cells ) the chemical action of contact- substances which , by their presence occasion or destroy ( by ...
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... of the influence exerted by the sun's position , that is to say , the thermic force of the solar rays , upon the greater or lesser magnetic capacity and conducting power of one of the constituents of our atmosphere , 6 COSMOS .
... of the influence exerted by the sun's position , that is to say , the thermic force of the solar rays , upon the greater or lesser magnetic capacity and conducting power of one of the constituents of our atmosphere , 6 COSMOS .
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... atmosphere , namely , oxygen . When light is unexpectedly thrown upon any pre- viously obscure group of phenomena in the physical world , we may the more readily believe that we are on the threshold of new discoveries , when we find ...
... atmosphere , namely , oxygen . When light is unexpectedly thrown upon any pre- viously obscure group of phenomena in the physical world , we may the more readily believe that we are on the threshold of new discoveries , when we find ...
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... atmosphere ) . The second or organic domain comprises not the individual forms of life which we have considered in the Delineation of Nature , but the relations in space which they bear to the solid and fluid parts of the earth's ...
... atmosphere ) . The second or organic domain comprises not the individual forms of life which we have considered in the Delineation of Nature , but the relations in space which they bear to the solid and fluid parts of the earth's ...
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