Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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Page 5
... 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 .
... 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 .
Page 17
... entirely under the so - called mean. The length of a degree for the latitude of the Geographical latitude Length of the middle arc as measured arc . obtained from observations , and given in feet . 66 ° 20 ′ 10 ′′ 1 ° 37 ′ 19 ′′ .6 ...
... entirely under the so - called mean. The length of a degree for the latitude of the Geographical latitude Length of the middle arc as measured arc . obtained from observations , and given in feet . 66 ° 20 ′ 10 ′′ 1 ° 37 ′ 19 ′′ .6 ...
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... entirely under the so - called mean parallel of 45 ° . The numerous pendulum experiments which have been con- ducted in the neighbourhood of mountain chains , have con- firmed in the most remarkable manner the previously - recog- nised ...
... entirely under the so - called mean parallel of 45 ° . The numerous pendulum experiments which have been con- ducted in the neighbourhood of mountain chains , have con- firmed in the most remarkable manner the previously - recog- nised ...
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... entirely local rise of the subterranean tempera- ture at mountain elevations , varying from 6000 to more than 12,000 feet . A remarkable contrast is exhibited in the steppes of Nor- thern Asia , by the conditions of the frozen soil ...
... entirely local rise of the subterranean tempera- ture at mountain elevations , varying from 6000 to more than 12,000 feet . A remarkable contrast is exhibited in the steppes of Nor- thern Asia , by the conditions of the frozen soil ...
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... entirely devoid of vegetation , always frozen on the surface , and covered with perpetual snow , even in the plains . The extreme limit of vegetation in Northern Asia is not , as was long assumed , in the parallel of 67 ° , although sea ...
... entirely devoid of vegetation , always frozen on the surface , and covered with perpetual snow , even in the plains . The extreme limit of vegetation in Northern Asia is not , as was long assumed , in the parallel of 67 ° , although sea ...
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