Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... considerably enlarged ; numerous Wood Engravings . 42. POPE'S HOMER'S ILIAD . With Flaxman's Designs , and Introduction and Notes , by the Rev. J. S. WATSON , M.A. 43. BONOMI'S NINEVEH AND ITS PALACES . New Edition , including an ...
... considerably enlarged ; numerous Wood Engravings . 42. POPE'S HOMER'S ILIAD . With Flaxman's Designs , and Introduction and Notes , by the Rev. J. S. WATSON , M.A. 43. BONOMI'S NINEVEH AND ITS PALACES . New Edition , including an ...
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... considerable of these surveys is the one that was carried on between the meridians of Marennes , on the western coast of France , and Fiume . It extends over the western chain of the Alps , and the plains of Milan and Padua , in a ...
... considerable of these surveys is the one that was carried on between the meridians of Marennes , on the western coast of France , and Fiume . It extends over the western chain of the Alps , and the plains of Milan and Padua , in a ...
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... considerable differ- ences in the amount of the equinoctial bulging than we should have been disposed at first sight to conclude from the fractional numbers . The difference of the polar compres- sions ( and ) amounts to only about 7000 ...
... considerable differ- ences in the amount of the equinoctial bulging than we should have been disposed at first sight to conclude from the fractional numbers . The difference of the polar compres- sions ( and ) amounts to only about 7000 ...
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... considerable cau- 28 Laplace , Mécanique Céleste , éd . de 1846 , t . v , p . 57. The mean specific weight of ... considerably from the results ob- tained by Reich ( 5.577 ) and by Baily ( 5.660 ) ; this deviation being much greater than ...
... considerable cau- 28 Laplace , Mécanique Céleste , éd . de 1846 , t . v , p . 57. The mean specific weight of ... considerably from the results ob- tained by Reich ( 5.577 ) and by Baily ( 5.660 ) ; this deviation being much greater than ...
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... considerable influence than has generally been supposed ( Poisson , Théorie Mathématique de la Chaleur , p . 421 ) . 36 In a table of fourteen borings , which were more than one hundred yards in depth , and which were situated in ...
... considerable influence than has generally been supposed ( Poisson , Théorie Mathématique de la Chaleur , p . 421 ) . 36 In a table of fourteen borings , which were more than one hundred yards in depth , and which were situated in ...
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