Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... Parallel References in the margin ; also a Critical Introduction and Chronological Tables . By an Eminent Scholar . With two facsimiles of Greek Manuscripts . Post 8vo . ( 650 pages ) cloth , 3s . 6d . Or , with a complete Greek and ...
... Parallel References in the margin ; also a Critical Introduction and Chronological Tables . By an Eminent Scholar . With two facsimiles of Greek Manuscripts . Post 8vo . ( 650 pages ) cloth , 3s . 6d . Or , with a complete Greek and ...
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... parallel of the Rio Gila , pp . 403-419 ; review of all the volcanoes not belonging to the New Continent , pp . 285-403 ; Europe , pp . 349-350 ; islands of the Atlantic Ocean , p . 351 ; Africa , p . 354 ; Asia ; Continent , pp . 356 ...
... parallel of the Rio Gila , pp . 403-419 ; review of all the volcanoes not belonging to the New Continent , pp . 285-403 ; Europe , pp . 349-350 ; islands of the Atlantic Ocean , p . 351 ; Africa , p . 354 ; Asia ; Continent , pp . 356 ...
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... parallels in small spaces , and at very widely separated periods of time ; the physical surface of the oceanic parts of our globe is peri- odically subjected to a change of place in the masses , occa- sioned by the ebbing and flowing ...
... parallels in small spaces , and at very widely separated periods of time ; the physical surface of the oceanic parts of our globe is peri- odically subjected to a change of place in the masses , occa- sioned by the ebbing and flowing ...
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... parallels . Although seven years have now passed since I brought forward the results of Bessel's important labours , in refer- ence to the dimensions of our globe , in my General Delineation of Nature , his work has not yet been ...
... parallels . Although seven years have now passed since I brought forward the results of Bessel's important labours , in refer- ence to the dimensions of our globe , in my General Delineation of Nature , his work has not yet been ...
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... parallels of Montjouy , near Barcelona , and Mola in Formentera , led Bessel , in the year 1841 , to submit his previous calculations regarding the dimensions of the earth to a new revision . ( Schum . Astr . Nachr . Bd . xix , No. 438 ...
... parallels of Montjouy , near Barcelona , and Mola in Formentera , led Bessel , in the year 1841 , to submit his previous calculations regarding the dimensions of the earth to a new revision . ( Schum . Astr . Nachr . Bd . xix , No. 438 ...
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