Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... limits , its perspicuity is not sacrificed to an excessive aggregation of crowded facts . As in a collection of graphical illustrations of the surface and of the inner structure of the earth's crust , general maps precede those of a ...
... limits , its perspicuity is not sacrificed to an excessive aggregation of crowded facts . As in a collection of graphical illustrations of the surface and of the inner structure of the earth's crust , general maps precede those of a ...
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... limits from the earth's place . Uranology , which embraces the consideration of all that fills the remote realms of space , still maintains the character it anciently bore , of impressing the imagination most deeply and powerfully by ...
... limits from the earth's place . Uranology , which embraces the consideration of all that fills the remote realms of space , still maintains the character it anciently bore , of impressing the imagination most deeply and powerfully by ...
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... limits of the extensive domain of optics ; our earthly sphere , on the other hand , by its heterogeneity of elements , and by the complicated play of the expressions of force inherent in matter , has formed a basis for chemistry , and ...
... limits of the extensive domain of optics ; our earthly sphere , on the other hand , by its heterogeneity of elements , and by the complicated play of the expressions of force inherent in matter , has formed a basis for chemistry , and ...
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... limits , would still always present the same appearance to the observer . These appearances are consequently independent of the dimensions of the universe , as in virtue of the law of the ratio which exists between force and velocity ...
... limits , would still always present the same appearance to the observer . These appearances are consequently independent of the dimensions of the universe , as in virtue of the law of the ratio which exists between force and velocity ...
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... limits and 6 ) than could have been deduced from the measurements of a degree . If we take the ellipticity which , in accordance with Bessel's last determination , is now generally adopted , namely , 9915 , we shall find that the ...
... limits and 6 ) than could have been deduced from the measurements of a degree . If we take the ellipticity which , in accordance with Bessel's last determination , is now generally adopted , namely , 9915 , we shall find that the ...
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