Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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Page 28
... lakes of Rakas - Tal and Man- assarova , and which , according to Lieutenant Henry Strachey , is situated at the mean height of 15,347 feet . The bulg- ing of our planet at the equatorial zone is therefore not lost in such magnitudes ...
... lakes of Rakas - Tal and Man- assarova , and which , according to Lieutenant Henry Strachey , is situated at the mean height of 15,347 feet . The bulg- ing of our planet at the equatorial zone is therefore not lost in such magnitudes ...
Page 30
... lake of Yana - cocha , and the other in the pumice - stone plain of the Arenal ( La Condamine , Voyage à l'Equateur , pp . 68—70 ) . The deviation yielded by the altitudes of the stars , was , contrary to all expectation , only 7. " 5 ...
... lake of Yana - cocha , and the other in the pumice - stone plain of the Arenal ( La Condamine , Voyage à l'Equateur , pp . 68—70 ) . The deviation yielded by the altitudes of the stars , was , contrary to all expectation , only 7. " 5 ...
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... lake of Usteje throughout the whole of the summer of 1813.48 During my Siberian expedition with Ehrenberg and Gustav Rose , we caused a boring to be made 47 Middendorff , Bd . i , s . 160 , 164 , 179. In these numerical data and ...
... lake of Usteje throughout the whole of the summer of 1813.48 During my Siberian expedition with Ehrenberg and Gustav Rose , we caused a boring to be made 47 Middendorff , Bd . i , s . 160 , 164 , 179. In these numerical data and ...
Page 70
... Lake Dzaisan as well as between the latitudes of 45 ° 43 ′ ( the island of Birutschicassa in the Caspian Sea ) to 58 ° 52 ' in the northern parts of the Ural district near Werchoturie ( Asie Centrale , t . iii , pp . 440—478 ) . 1829 ...
... Lake Dzaisan as well as between the latitudes of 45 ° 43 ′ ( the island of Birutschicassa in the Caspian Sea ) to 58 ° 52 ' in the northern parts of the Ural district near Werchoturie ( Asie Centrale , t . iii , pp . 440—478 ) . 1829 ...
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... Lake of Baikal , through Ergi - Oude , Durma , and the Gobi , which lies at an elevation of only 2525 feet , to Pekin , in order to establish the magnetic and meteorological observatory in that city , where Kovanko continued for 10 ...
... Lake of Baikal , through Ergi - Oude , Durma , and the Gobi , which lies at an elevation of only 2525 feet , to Pekin , in order to establish the magnetic and meteorological observatory in that city , where Kovanko continued for 10 ...
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