Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... causes and success . Translated by W. HAZLITT . 120 , 121 , & 122. GUIZOT'S HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION , from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution . Translated by W. HAZLITT . In 3 vols . With Index , and Portraits of M ...
... causes and success . Translated by W. HAZLITT . 120 , 121 , & 122. GUIZOT'S HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION , from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution . Translated by W. HAZLITT . In 3 vols . With Index , and Portraits of M ...
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... to exist independently of motions , which must be excited by them although inappreciable to our eyes . We are still entirely ignorant of the relations which reci- procal molecular attraction as a cause of unceasing motion on INTRODUCTION .
... to exist independently of motions , which must be excited by them although inappreciable to our eyes . We are still entirely ignorant of the relations which reci- procal molecular attraction as a cause of unceasing motion on INTRODUCTION .
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... cause of unceasing motion on the surface , and very probably also in the interior of the earth's body , exerts upon the attraction of gravitation , by which the planets as well as their central body are main- tained in constant motion ...
... cause of unceasing motion on the surface , and very probably also in the interior of the earth's body , exerts upon the attraction of gravitation , by which the planets as well as their central body are main- tained in constant motion ...
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... cause of these inequalities , has also taught us their application by ingeni- ously showing how they afford the great advantage which individual measurements of a degree and pendulum experi- ments are incapable of yielding , namely ...
... cause of these inequalities , has also taught us their application by ingeni- ously showing how they afford the great advantage which individual measurements of a degree and pendulum experi- ments are incapable of yielding , namely ...
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... Cause de la Gravité to the Academy in the course of the year 1669. There in no mention made in this treatise of the shortening of the seconds - pendulum , which was being observed by Richer at Cayenne , although a reference to it occurs ...
... Cause de la Gravité to the Academy in the course of the year 1669. There in no mention made in this treatise of the shortening of the seconds - pendulum , which was being observed by Richer at Cayenne , although a reference to it occurs ...
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