Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... depths of space and time those features of terror which an excited imagination is apt to ascribe to them . In all latitudes man , in the simple natural susceptibility of his mind , prizes " the calm stillness of a starlit summer night ...
... depths of space and time those features of terror which an excited imagination is apt to ascribe to them . In all latitudes man , in the simple natural susceptibility of his mind , prizes " the calm stillness of a starlit summer night ...
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... depth of 27,700 feet , the whole density of the upper strata , which underlie the dry and oceanic surfaces , scarcely equals 1.5 . The distinguished geometrician Plana has correctly observed that the author of the Mécanique Céleste was ...
... depth of 27,700 feet , the whole density of the upper strata , which underlie the dry and oceanic surfaces , scarcely equals 1.5 . The distinguished geometrician Plana has correctly observed that the author of the Mécanique Céleste was ...
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... depth has been found to present for the most part very closely coinciding results , even at very different lo- calities . For very great depths we obtain the most certain results from Artesian wells , especially when they are filled ...
... depth has been found to present for the most part very closely coinciding results , even at very different lo- calities . For very great depths we obtain the most certain results from Artesian wells , especially when they are filled ...
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... depth of 547 metres or 1794.6 feet below the base of the Grenelle basin , or about 510.76 metres or 1675 feet below the level of the sea ; the waters consequently rise to a total height of 580.33 metres or 1904 feet . The tempe- rature ...
... depth of 547 metres or 1794.6 feet below the base of the Grenelle basin , or about 510.76 metres or 1675 feet below the level of the sea ; the waters consequently rise to a total height of 580.33 metres or 1904 feet . The tempe- rature ...
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... depth , although it was situated at an elevation of more than 1600 feet above the Mediterranean Sea.35 If to these three springs , which possess an absolute depth varying between 725 feet and 2285 feet , we add another , that of ...
... depth , although it was situated at an elevation of more than 1600 feet above the Mediterranean Sea.35 If to these three springs , which possess an absolute depth varying between 725 feet and 2285 feet , we add another , that of ...
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