Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... plains of the moon we assume the existence of different kinds of rock on our satellite , but direct observation can teach us nothing in reference to these points . Even Newton ventured only on conjectures regarding the elementary ...
... plains of the moon we assume the existence of different kinds of rock on our satellite , but direct observation can teach us nothing in reference to these points . Even Newton ventured only on conjectures regarding the elementary ...
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... plains of Milan and Padua , in a direct distance of 15 ° 32 ′ 27 ′′ , and was executed under the direction of Brousseaud and Largeteau , Plana and Car- speaking , 1.84 . According to the earliest determinations , the length of the metre ...
... plains of Milan and Padua , in a direct distance of 15 ° 32 ′ 27 ′′ , and was executed under the direction of Brousseaud and Largeteau , Plana and Car- speaking , 1.84 . According to the earliest determinations , the length of the metre ...
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... plains , " says Hippocrates ( de Aëre et Aquis § xix , p . 72 , Littré ) , " without being crowned by mountains ... plain , is cold " ( ii , p . 73 ) . Eratosthenes and Polybius ascribe the very moderate temperature which prevails ...
... plains , " says Hippocrates ( de Aëre et Aquis § xix , p . 72 , Littré ) , " without being crowned by mountains ... plain , is cold " ( ii , p . 73 ) . Eratosthenes and Polybius ascribe the very moderate temperature which prevails ...
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... plain of the Arenal ( La Condamine , Voyage à l'Equateur , pp . 68—70 ) . The deviation yielded by the altitudes of the stars , was , contrary to all expectation , only 7. " 5 which was ascribed by the observers themselves to the ...
... plain of the Arenal ( La Condamine , Voyage à l'Equateur , pp . 68—70 ) . The deviation yielded by the altitudes of the stars , was , contrary to all expectation , only 7. " 5 which was ascribed by the observers themselves to the ...
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... plain lying at an elevation of 6000 feet and at the level of the sea ( as for instance Carlini's observations at the Hospice of Mont Cenis , and Biot and Mathieu's at Bordeaux ) ; and lastly to the deli- cate and thoroughly decisive ...
... plain lying at an elevation of 6000 feet and at the level of the sea ( as for instance Carlini's observations at the Hospice of Mont Cenis , and Biot and Mathieu's at Bordeaux ) ; and lastly to the deli- cate and thoroughly decisive ...
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