Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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Page 7
... less than in the living cells of plants and animals . " The quantity of existing matter remains however the same , the elements alone change their relative positions to one another . " We thus find a verification of the ancient axiom of ...
... less than in the living cells of plants and animals . " The quantity of existing matter remains however the same , the elements alone change their relative positions to one another . " We thus find a verification of the ancient axiom of ...
Page 10
... less credible that capillary attrac- tion and endosmosis , which is so important in reference to the ascent of fluids , and in respect to animal and vegetable physiology , may be quite as much affected by the force of gra- vitation and ...
... less credible that capillary attrac- tion and endosmosis , which is so important in reference to the ascent of fluids , and in respect to animal and vegetable physiology , may be quite as much affected by the force of gra- vitation and ...
Page 11
... less intensity of gravity , the meteorological processes , the climate , the hypsometrical relations of upheaved mountain chains and the physiognomy of the vegetation would be quite different from what they now are . The absolute size ...
... less intensity of gravity , the meteorological processes , the climate , the hypsometrical relations of upheaved mountain chains and the physiognomy of the vegetation would be quite different from what they now are . The absolute size ...
Page 13
... the figures of equilibrium no less than the two previously- indicated ellipsoids of rotation . - See the treatise of this writer , whose nomical measurement of a degree , pendulum experiments , and THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH . 13.
... the figures of equilibrium no less than the two previously- indicated ellipsoids of rotation . - See the treatise of this writer , whose nomical measurement of a degree , pendulum experiments , and THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH . 13.
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... less value than they otherwise would be . In the summer of 1837 , Bessel published two treatises , one of which was devoted to the consideration of the influence of the irregularity of the earth's figure upon geodetic measurements , and ...
... less value than they otherwise would be . In the summer of 1837 , Bessel published two treatises , one of which was devoted to the consideration of the influence of the irregularity of the earth's figure upon geodetic measurements , and ...
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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