Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... influence exerted by the sun's position , that is to say , the thermic force of the solar rays , upon the greater or lesser magnetic capacity and conducting power of one of the constituents of our atmosphere , 6 COSMOS .
... influence exerted by the sun's position , that is to say , the thermic force of the solar rays , upon the greater or lesser magnetic capacity and conducting power of one of the constituents of our atmosphere , 6 COSMOS .
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... position . The detonation of the fulminates under a slight mechanical pressure , and the still more formidable ... positions to one another . " We thus find a verification of the ancient axiom of Anaxagoras , that created things neither ...
... position . The detonation of the fulminates under a slight mechanical pressure , and the still more formidable ... positions to one another . " We thus find a verification of the ancient axiom of Anaxagoras , that created things neither ...
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... position in reference to the Heat and Rarefaction of the Air . - Magnetic Storms . - Polar Light . That which in all languages is comprehended under ety- mologically differing symbolical forms by the expression Nature , and which man ...
... position in reference to the Heat and Rarefaction of the Air . - Magnetic Storms . - Polar Light . That which in all languages is comprehended under ety- mologically differing symbolical forms by the expression Nature , and which man ...
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... position of the masses , may even modify the geometrical surface by pro- ducing curvature of the meridians and parallels in small spaces , and at very widely separated periods of time ; the physical surface of the oceanic parts of our ...
... position of the masses , may even modify the geometrical surface by pro- ducing curvature of the meridians and parallels in small spaces , and at very widely separated periods of time ; the physical surface of the oceanic parts of our ...
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... position of the place in respect to its latitude , longitude , and elevation above the level of the sea . The pendulum experiments made by the French astrono- mers on the measured part of a meridian arc , and the obser- vations of ...
... position of the place in respect to its latitude , longitude , and elevation above the level of the sea . The pendulum experiments made by the French astrono- mers on the measured part of a meridian arc , and the obser- vations of ...
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