Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... occurs in the supple- ments to this work , ( one of which must have been completed after the publication of Newton's Principia , and consequently later than 1687 ) . Huygens writes as follows : - " Maxima pars hujus libelli scripta est ...
... occurs in the supple- ments to this work , ( one of which must have been completed after the publication of Newton's Principia , and consequently later than 1687 ) . Huygens writes as follows : - " Maxima pars hujus libelli scripta est ...
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... occurring in islands , Sabine Pend . Exper . 1825 , p . 237 , and Lütke , Obs . du Pendule invariable , exécutées de 1826-1829 , p . 241. This work contains a remarkable table , p . 239 , on the nature of the rocks occurring at 16 ...
... occurring in islands , Sabine Pend . Exper . 1825 , p . 237 , and Lütke , Obs . du Pendule invariable , exécutées de 1826-1829 , p . 241. This work contains a remarkable table , p . 239 , on the nature of the rocks occurring at 16 ...
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... occur when we consider the nature of the means which are em- ployed for determining the internal heat of the earth at definite depths . Although we may assume that the water which is infiltrated in elevated positions through hydrostatic ...
... occur when we consider the nature of the means which are em- ployed for determining the internal heat of the earth at definite depths . Although we may assume that the water which is infiltrated in elevated positions through hydrostatic ...
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... occur at individual points widely distant from the original boring . It is pro- bable that the waters in the interior of our earth move in some cases within limited spaces , flowing either in streams through fissures ( on which account ...
... occur at individual points widely distant from the original boring . It is pro- bable that the waters in the interior of our earth move in some cases within limited spaces , flowing either in streams through fissures ( on which account ...
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... occurs for every 44-52 feet . The result of 52 feet is the mean of six partial increases of temperature , measured at intervals of 50 feet between the depths of 100 and 382 feet . On comparing the mean Schergin's shaft than has been ...
... occurs for every 44-52 feet . The result of 52 feet is the mean of six partial increases of temperature , measured at intervals of 50 feet between the depths of 100 and 382 feet . On comparing the mean Schergin's shaft than has been ...
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