Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... period of magnetic declination , and its correspondence with the same period , in the alternate frequency and rarity of the solar spots ( Meteorological Essays , London , 1855 , p . 350 ) . So early as the year 1850 , when Schwabe ...
... period of magnetic declination , and its correspondence with the same period , in the alternate frequency and rarity of the solar spots ( Meteorological Essays , London , 1855 , p . 350 ) . So early as the year 1850 , when Schwabe ...
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... period of declination , led General Sabine to undertake a very important work . He found that the exclusive in- fluence of the sun on a decennial period , previously examined in rela- tion to Toronto in Canada , by the employment of a ...
... period of declination , led General Sabine to undertake a very important work . He found that the exclusive in- fluence of the sun on a decennial period , previously examined in rela- tion to Toronto in Canada , by the employment of a ...
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... periods of time ) is so intimately connected with geology , with the order of suc- cession of the superimposed terrestrial strata and with the chronometrical annals of the upheaval of continents and mountains ; that it has appeared most ...
... periods of time ) is so intimately connected with geology , with the order of suc- cession of the superimposed terrestrial strata and with the chronometrical annals of the upheaval of continents and mountains ; that it has appeared most ...
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... periods of time ; the physical surface of the oceanic parts of our globe is peri- odically subjected to a change of place ... period we may add the theorem advanced by Jacobi , in 1834 , that ellipsoids of three unequal axes may , under ...
... periods of time ; the physical surface of the oceanic parts of our globe is peri- odically subjected to a change of place ... period we may add the theorem advanced by Jacobi , in 1834 , that ellipsoids of three unequal axes may , under ...
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... period of Richer's im- portant double observations of the pendulum clock and of the simple seconds - pendulum . We do not know the time when Newton first became acquainted with Richer's results , although his own earliest theoretical ...
... period of Richer's im- portant double observations of the pendulum clock and of the simple seconds - pendulum . We do not know the time when Newton first became acquainted with Richer's results , although his own earliest theoretical ...
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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