Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... Distance of volcanic activity from the sea , pp . 295-6 , 432-3 . Regions of depression , pp . 431-436 ; Maars , Mine - funnels , pp . 231-3 . Different modes in which solid masses may reach the surface from the interior of the earth ...
... Distance of volcanic activity from the sea , pp . 295-6 , 432-3 . Regions of depression , pp . 431-436 ; Maars , Mine - funnels , pp . 231-3 . Different modes in which solid masses may reach the surface from the interior of the earth ...
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... distance of a near region of the starry heavens from the supposed extreme solar system and the distance of those limits from the earth's place . Uranology , which embraces the consideration of all that fills the remote realms of space ...
... distance of a near region of the starry heavens from the supposed extreme solar system and the distance of those limits from the earth's place . Uranology , which embraces the consideration of all that fills the remote realms of space ...
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... distance . Such an association implies almost an injustice towards the memory of this great man , who had recognised both these manifestations of force , although he did not separate them with sufficient distinctness , for we find - as ...
... distance . Such an association implies almost an injustice towards the memory of this great man , who had recognised both these manifestations of force , although he did not separate them with sufficient distinctness , for we find - as ...
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... distance is that of emanations , proceeding from a centre . It ap- pears to be the law of all those forces , whose action is perceptible at sensible distances , as in the case of electrical and magnetic forces . One of the remarkable ...
... distance is that of emanations , proceeding from a centre . It ap- pears to be the law of all those forces , whose action is perceptible at sensible distances , as in the case of electrical and magnetic forces . One of the remarkable ...
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... distance of 15 ° 32 ′ 27 ′′ , and was executed under the direction of Brousseaud and Largeteau , Plana and Car- speaking , 1.84 . According to the earliest determinations , the length of the metre was determined at 0.5130740 of a toise ...
... distance of 15 ° 32 ′ 27 ′′ , and was executed under the direction of Brousseaud and Largeteau , Plana and Car- speaking , 1.84 . According to the earliest determinations , the length of the metre was determined at 0.5130740 of a toise ...
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Abich according acid active volcanoes America andesite Annalen appear ascended Asia Asie Centrale augite basaltic Boussingault chain Chimborazo coast cones conical mountain contain Cordilleras Cosmos Cotopaxi crater declination depth direction distance earth earthquakes east eastern Eifel elevation eruption expedition feet felspar fissures formation fragments geognostic geographical miles geological granite Gunung Gustav Rose heat height hemisphere Hobarton horary hornblende hornitos Humboldt inclination intensity interior investigations island Java Jorullo Junghuhn lake latitude lava lava-streams Leopold von Buch leucite magnetic force masses measurement meridian Mexico needle northern observations obsidian Ocean oligoclase olivine parallel period phenomena phenomenon Phil Poggend points portion pumice pumice-stone Quito remarkable rise rock Sabine scoriæ Sir James Ross southern springs Strabo strata subterranean sulphur summit surface temperature terrestrial magnetism tion toises trachytic Transact upheaval vapours variation Vesuvius volcanic activity Voyage western whilst