Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... given support to the opinion that both the moon and the solar spots occasioned a decennial period of declination , led General Sabine to undertake a very important work . He found that the exclusive in- fluence of the sun on a decennial ...
... given support to the opinion that both the moon and the solar spots occasioned a decennial period of declination , led General Sabine to undertake a very important work . He found that the exclusive in- fluence of the sun on a decennial ...
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... given numerical data , in solving the difficult problems of the figure of the earth , and the sur- face of equilibrium of a fluid homogeneous , or dense shell - like heterogeneous mass , which rotates uniformly round a solid axis ...
... given numerical data , in solving the difficult problems of the figure of the earth , and the sur- face of equilibrium of a fluid homogeneous , or dense shell - like heterogeneous mass , which rotates uniformly round a solid axis ...
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... given for the ellipticity , and the lati- tudes observed at the intermediate points , as well as the Hanoverian measurements and those which had been extended as far as Formentera by Biot and Arago . The results of this comparison have ...
... given for the ellipticity , and the lati- tudes observed at the intermediate points , as well as the Hanoverian measurements and those which had been extended as far as Formentera by Biot and Arago . The results of this comparison have ...
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... given at 20,853,810 feet - 3949.585 miles , the semi - equatorial axis at 20,923,713 feet - 3962.824 miles , the meridian quadrant at 32,811,980 feet , and the ellipticity at 2933 ) . The great astronomer of Königsberg was ...
... given at 20,853,810 feet - 3949.585 miles , the semi - equatorial axis at 20,923,713 feet - 3962.824 miles , the meridian quadrant at 32,811,980 feet , and the ellipticity at 2933 ) . The great astronomer of Königsberg was ...
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... 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 54 58 26.0 1 30 29.0 365396.0 Denmark . Hanover 54 8 13.7 1 31 53.3 365087.0 52 32 16.6 2 0 57.4 ...
... 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 54 58 26.0 1 30 29.0 365396.0 Denmark . Hanover 54 8 13.7 1 31 53.3 365087.0 52 32 16.6 2 0 57.4 ...
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