Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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Page 37
... four places widely separated from one another an increase of heat of 1 ° F. varies only between 54 and 58.6 feet ; such a coincidence in the results cannot , however , be always expected to occur when we consider the nature of the means ...
... four places widely separated from one another an increase of heat of 1 ° F. varies only between 54 and 58.6 feet ; such a coincidence in the results cannot , however , be always expected to occur when we consider the nature of the means ...
Page 46
... four miles from Irkutsk , in the chain of hills on the left bank of the Lena , and which are scarcely more than 60 feet in depth , that the normal stratum of perpe- tual frost seems to be situated at 320 feet below the surface . " Is ...
... four miles from Irkutsk , in the chain of hills on the left bank of the Lena , and which are scarcely more than 60 feet in depth , that the normal stratum of perpe- tual frost seems to be situated at 320 feet below the surface . " Is ...
Page 49
... Four different Maxima of Intensity.- Curve of weakest Intensity . - Extraordinary Disturbances of the Declination ( Magnetic Storms ) .- Polar Light . ( Extension of the Picture of Nature , Cosmos , vol . i . pp . 169 -197 , vol . ii ...
... Four different Maxima of Intensity.- Curve of weakest Intensity . - Extraordinary Disturbances of the Declination ( Magnetic Storms ) .- Polar Light . ( Extension of the Picture of Nature , Cosmos , vol . i . pp . 169 -197 , vol . ii ...
Page 56
... four such lines . As the ship's reckoning , together with the accurate determination of the direction ( or of the angle measured by the corrected compass ) also requires the distance the ship had made , the introduction of the log ...
... four such lines . As the ship's reckoning , together with the accurate determination of the direction ( or of the angle measured by the corrected compass ) also requires the distance the ship had made , the introduction of the log ...
Page 58
... four lines of no variation which divided the entire surface of the earth , may very probably have had some influence on the theory , ad- vanced in 1683 by Halley , of four magnetic poles or points of convergence . 60 Historia Natural de ...
... four lines of no variation which divided the entire surface of the earth , may very probably have had some influence on the theory , ad- vanced in 1683 by Halley , of four magnetic poles or points of convergence . 60 Historia Natural de ...
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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