Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... geographical distribution of these groups , pp . 453-467 ; The designations andesite and andesine , pp . 452-468 , note , 471. Along with the characteristic ingredients of the trachyte - formations there are also unessential ingredients ...
... geographical distribution of these groups , pp . 453-467 ; The designations andesite and andesine , pp . 452-468 , note , 471. Along with the characteristic ingredients of the trachyte - formations there are also unessential ingredients ...
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... geographical cubic miles . However large the volume of this transposed mass may appear to us when we compare it with the volume of Mont Blanc , or Chimborazo , or Kintschindjinga , our surprise at the magnitude of the phenomenon soon ...
... geographical cubic miles . However large the volume of this transposed mass may appear to us when we compare it with the volume of Mont Blanc , or Chimborazo , or Kintschindjinga , our surprise at the magnitude of the phenomenon soon ...
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... geographical miles , for the entire circumference of the earth . The difference between the original assumption of the Commission des Poids et Mesures , according to which the metre was the forty - millionth part of the earth's ...
... geographical miles , for the entire circumference of the earth . The difference between the original assumption of the Commission des Poids et Mesures , according to which the metre was the forty - millionth part of the earth's ...
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... geographical mile , of which sixty go to an equatorial degree , 951.8 toises , or 6086.5 feet . The table ( page 17 ) shows the increase of the length of the meridian degree from the equator to the pole , as it has been found from ...
... geographical mile , of which sixty go to an equatorial degree , 951.8 toises , or 6086.5 feet . The table ( page 17 ) shows the increase of the length of the meridian degree from the equator to the pole , as it has been found from ...
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... Geographical latitude Length of the middle arc as measured arc . obtained from observations , and given in feet . 66 ° 20 ′ 10 ′′ 1 ° 37 ′ 19 ′′ .6 365473.4 Sweden 66 19 37 0 57 30.4 365882.1 Russia Prussia 56 3 55.5 8 2 28.9 365368.0 ...
... Geographical latitude Length of the middle arc as measured arc . obtained from observations , and given in feet . 66 ° 20 ′ 10 ′′ 1 ° 37 ′ 19 ′′ .6 365473.4 Sweden 66 19 37 0 57 30.4 365882.1 Russia Prussia 56 3 55.5 8 2 28.9 365368.0 ...
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