Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe Alexander von Humboldt. BOHN'S SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY . HUMBOLDT'S COSMOS . Museums Q 158 4911 ES 1847 The length of a degree for the latitude of the.
A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe Alexander von Humboldt. BOHN'S SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY . HUMBOLDT'S COSMOS . Museums Q 158 4911 ES 1847 The length of a degree for the latitude of the.
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... latitude : Mexican volcanoes , pp . 281 and 401 ( Jorullo , pp . 309 , 323 , note at p . 310 ) ; Cofre de Perote , p . 326 , Cotopaxi , notes pp . 337- 341. Subterranean eruptions of vapour , pp . 342-345 . Central America , pp . 268 ...
... latitude : Mexican volcanoes , pp . 281 and 401 ( Jorullo , pp . 309 , 323 , note at p . 310 ) ; Cofre de Perote , p . 326 , Cotopaxi , notes pp . 337- 341. Subterranean eruptions of vapour , pp . 342-345 . Central America , pp . 268 ...
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... latitude , at 6.565 , and for the Equator at 6'489 . PAGE 76 . LINE 10 . Arago has left behind him a treasury of magnetical observations ( upwards of 52,600 in number ) carried on from 1818 to 1835 , which have been carefully edited by ...
... latitude , at 6.565 , and for the Equator at 6'489 . PAGE 76 . LINE 10 . Arago has left behind him a treasury of magnetical observations ( upwards of 52,600 in number ) carried on from 1818 to 1835 , which have been carefully edited by ...
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... latitude of a place by a change of only 1 " , it must be assumed that there is a transposition in the interior of the earth of a mass , whose weight ( its density being assumed to be that of the mean density of the earth ) is that of ...
... latitude of a place by a change of only 1 " , it must be assumed that there is a transposition in the interior of the earth of a mass , whose weight ( its density being assumed to be that of the mean density of the earth ) is that of ...
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... latitude and longi- tude of the moon . In the application of the first method two separate processes are required , namely , measurements of a degree of latitude on the arc of a meridian , and mea- surements of a degree of longitude on ...
... latitude and longi- tude of the moon . In the application of the first method two separate processes are required , namely , measurements of a degree of latitude on the arc of a meridian , and mea- surements of a degree of longitude on ...
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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