Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... Northern Asia , since the resolutions of 1829 , and over the colonies of Great Britain since 1840- 1850. ( Sabine , in the Proceedings of the Roy . Soc . vol . viii , No. 25 , p . 400 ; aud in the Phil . Trans . for 1856 , p . 362 ) ...
... Northern Asia , since the resolutions of 1829 , and over the colonies of Great Britain since 1840- 1850. ( Sabine , in the Proceedings of the Roy . Soc . vol . viii , No. 25 , p . 400 ; aud in the Phil . Trans . for 1856 , p . 362 ) ...
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... northern latitude , the pendulum lengths were found to be precisely the same as at Paris . The periods at which Newton first became acquainted with the important pendulum results that had been obtained by Richer as early as 1672 ...
... northern latitude , the pendulum lengths were found to be precisely the same as at Paris . The periods at which Newton first became acquainted with the important pendulum results that had been obtained by Richer as early as 1672 ...
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... northern quadrant , but when separated into two halves , they yield a still more varying result , giving from the equator to 45 ° , and from 45 ° to the pole.20 It has been shown 19 Biot and Arago , Recueil d'Observ . Géodesiques et ...
... northern quadrant , but when separated into two halves , they yield a still more varying result , giving from the equator to 45 ° , and from 45 ° to the pole.20 It has been shown 19 Biot and Arago , Recueil d'Observ . Géodesiques et ...
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... northern hemisphere , namely , that the intensity of gravity is not the same for all places having the same latitude , and that the increase of gravity from the equator towards the poles appears to be subjected to different laws under ...
... northern hemisphere , namely , that the intensity of gravity is not the same for all places having the same latitude , and that the increase of gravity from the equator towards the poles appears to be subjected to different laws under ...
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... lying immediately below the equator is the highest , on which account much rain falls there , in consequence of the very large accumulation of northern clouds at the period when equator amounts to about 645,457 feet ; about 11 , 26 COSMOS .
... lying immediately below the equator is the highest , on which account much rain falls there , in consequence of the very large accumulation of northern clouds at the period when equator amounts to about 645,457 feet ; about 11 , 26 COSMOS .
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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