Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... Eastern Asiatic Islands , p . 367 ; ( island of Saghalin , Tarakai or Kara- futo , notes 97-99 , p . 305 ; volcanoes of Japan , p . 373 ; islands of Southern Asia , pp . 377-382 ; ) Java , pp . 298-307 . The Indian Ocean , pp . 382-388 ...
... Eastern Asiatic Islands , p . 367 ; ( island of Saghalin , Tarakai or Kara- futo , notes 97-99 , p . 305 ; volcanoes of Japan , p . 373 ; islands of Southern Asia , pp . 377-382 ; ) Java , pp . 298-307 . The Indian Ocean , pp . 382-388 ...
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... eastern plateau of Thibet . We ought here to observe that the results of the earth's compression , which have been obtained by mere measure- ments of a degree , or by combinations of the former with pendulum measurements , show far less ...
... eastern plateau of Thibet . We ought here to observe that the results of the earth's compression , which have been obtained by mere measure- ments of a degree , or by combinations of the former with pendulum measurements , show far less ...
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... eastern and western coasts of the old Continent . In addition to the distribution of organisms in high northern latitudes , as depending mainly upon climatic relations , it was directed by the St. Peters- burgh Academy of Sciences that ...
... eastern and western coasts of the old Continent . In addition to the distribution of organisms in high northern latitudes , as depending mainly upon climatic relations , it was directed by the St. Peters- burgh Academy of Sciences that ...
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... eastern point of the coast in 71 ° 12 ′ lat . that the ice - stratum was thawed in July as low as 3 feet beneath the herb - covered surface . Would that scientific travellers would afford us more general information regarding the ...
... eastern point of the coast in 71 ° 12 ′ lat . that the ice - stratum was thawed in July as low as 3 feet beneath the herb - covered surface . Would that scientific travellers would afford us more general information regarding the ...
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... Eastern Asia not to navigation but to land travelling . In the anterior part of the magnetic waggon a freely floating needle moved the arm and band of a small figure , which pointed towards the south . An apparatus of this kind ( called ...
... Eastern Asia not to navigation but to land travelling . In the anterior part of the magnetic waggon a freely floating needle moved the arm and band of a small figure , which pointed towards the south . An apparatus of this kind ( called ...
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