Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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Page 25
... height , whilst Foucault's apparatus makes the effects of the earth's rotation perceptible with a pendulum only six feet long . We must not confound the phenomena which may be explained by rotation ( as , for instance , Richer's clock ...
... height , whilst Foucault's apparatus makes the effects of the earth's rotation perceptible with a pendulum only six feet long . We must not confound the phenomena which may be explained by rotation ( as , for instance , Richer's clock ...
Page 30
... 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 Condamine to ...
... 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 Condamine to ...
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... height of 580.33 metres or 1904 feet . The tempe- rature of the spring is 81 ° .95 F .; consequently the increase of heat marks 1 ° F. for about every 59 feet . The boring at the New Salt Works at Rehme is situated 231 feet above the ...
... height of 580.33 metres or 1904 feet . The tempe- rature of the spring is 81 ° .95 F .; consequently the increase of heat marks 1 ° F. for about every 59 feet . The boring at the New Salt Works at Rehme is situated 231 feet above the ...
Page 96
... height or depth alone , conditions which by no means belong to either . The nume- rous mines of considerable depth which I have visited in Europe , Peru , Mexico , and Siberia , have never afforded localities which inspired me with any ...
... height or depth alone , conditions which by no means belong to either . The nume- rous mines of considerable depth which I have visited in Europe , Peru , Mexico , and Siberia , have never afforded localities which inspired me with any ...
Page 97
... heights did not afford me the most reliable results . The most satisfactory were obtained on the steep declivity of the ... ( height 2648 feet , intensity 1.209 ) ; from a comparison of the town of Santa Fé de Bogota ( elevation 8735 feet ...
... heights did not afford me the most reliable results . The most satisfactory were obtained on the steep declivity of the ... ( height 2648 feet , intensity 1.209 ) ; from a comparison of the town of Santa Fé de Bogota ( elevation 8735 feet ...
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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