Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... ( Nearly 600 pages ) . 5s . LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN LOCKE ; with Extracts from his Letters and Common - Place Books , by LORD KING . New Edition , with general Index . HISTORY , translated from the German . Vol . IX . , which completes ...
... ( Nearly 600 pages ) . 5s . LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN LOCKE ; with Extracts from his Letters and Common - Place Books , by LORD KING . New Edition , with general Index . HISTORY , translated from the German . Vol . IX . , which completes ...
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... nearly 400 Illustrations . 13 , 19 , & 28. HUMBOLDT'S PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF HIS TRAVELS IN AMERICA . With General Index . 14. PYE SMITH'S GEOLOGY AND SCRIPTURE . Fifth Edition , with Memoir . 16 OERSTED'S SOUL IN NATURE , & c . Portrait ...
... nearly 400 Illustrations . 13 , 19 , & 28. HUMBOLDT'S PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF HIS TRAVELS IN AMERICA . With General Index . 14. PYE SMITH'S GEOLOGY AND SCRIPTURE . Fifth Edition , with Memoir . 16 OERSTED'S SOUL IN NATURE , & c . Portrait ...
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... ( nearly 600 pages each ) , 6s . each . With many hundred Wood Engravings . 44 CARPENTER'S MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY , ASTRONOMY & HOROLOGY . With 181 Illustrations . 45 & 53. INDEX OF DATES , comprehending the principal Facts in the ...
... ( nearly 600 pages each ) , 6s . each . With many hundred Wood Engravings . 44 CARPENTER'S MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY , ASTRONOMY & HOROLOGY . With 181 Illustrations . 45 & 53. INDEX OF DATES , comprehending the principal Facts in the ...
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... nearly finished , and which , as they extend almost from the North Cape to the Black Sea , will afford a good basis of comparison for testing the accuracy of the results of the Indian survey . According to the determinations published ...
... nearly finished , and which , as they extend almost from the North Cape to the Black Sea , will afford a good basis of comparison for testing the accuracy of the results of the Indian survey . According to the determinations published ...
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... nearly equal to that yielded by the measurements of a degree of latitude The vibrations of the pendulum yield a third means of de- termining the figure of the earth ( or in other words the relation of the major to the minor axis , on ...
... nearly equal to that yielded by the measurements of a degree of latitude The vibrations of the pendulum yield a third means of de- termining the figure of the earth ( or in other words the relation of the major to the minor axis , 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