Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... feet - 3962.824 miles , the meridian quadrant at 32,811,980 feet , and the ellipticity at 2933 ) . The great astronomer of Königsberg was uninterruptedly engaged , from 1836 to 1842 , in calculations regarding the figure of the earth ...
... feet - 3962.824 miles , the meridian quadrant at 32,811,980 feet , and the ellipticity at 2933 ) . The great astronomer of Königsberg was uninterruptedly engaged , from 1836 to 1842 , in calculations regarding the figure of the earth ...
Page 16
... feet ; the semi - axis minor , 3261139.33 toises , or 20,854,821 feet ; the length of the earth's quadrant , 5131179.81 toises , or 32,811,799 feet ; the length of a mean meridian degree , 57013.109 toises , or 364,596 feet ; the length ...
... feet ; the semi - axis minor , 3261139.33 toises , or 20,854,821 feet ; the length of the earth's quadrant , 5131179.81 toises , or 32,811,799 feet ; the length of a mean meridian degree , 57013.109 toises , or 364,596 feet ; the length ...
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... feet in height and 5,330 feet in diameter . This consideration very probably gave occasion to the unsatisfactory experiments , which were made by Bouguer on Chimborazo , 25 by Maskelyne and 25 Bouguer who had been induced by La ...
... feet in height and 5,330 feet in diameter . This consideration very probably gave occasion to the unsatisfactory experiments , which were made by Bouguer on Chimborazo , 25 by Maskelyne and 25 Bouguer who had been induced by La ...
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... feet higher . This total elevation of the ascending water ( 69.57 metres or 228.2 feet ) is , when compared with the level of the sea about 1968 feet lower than the outbreak of the green sandstone strata in the hills near Lusigny ...
... feet higher . This total elevation of the ascending water ( 69.57 metres or 228.2 feet ) is , when compared with the level of the sea about 1968 feet lower than the outbreak of the green sandstone strata in the hills near Lusigny ...
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... feet deeper below the surface of the sea , and the temperature of its waters is 9 ° .18 F. higher . The increase of the heat at Paris , is about 1 ° F. for 59 feet , and therefore scarcelyth greater . I have already else- where drawn ...
... feet deeper below the surface of the sea , and the temperature of its waters is 9 ° .18 F. higher . The increase of the heat at Paris , is about 1 ° F. for 59 feet , and therefore scarcelyth greater . I have already else- where drawn ...
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