Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... probably a consequence of capillarity - the condensation of different kinds of gases in porous bodies ( of oxygen in spongy plati- num , with a pressure which is equal to a force of more than 700 atmospheres , and of carbonic acid in ...
... probably a consequence of capillarity - the condensation of different kinds of gases in porous bodies ( of oxygen in spongy plati- num , with a pressure which is equal to a force of more than 700 atmospheres , and of carbonic acid in ...
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... probably also in the interior of the earth's body , exerts upon the attraction of gravitation , by which the planets as well as their central body are main- tained in constant motion . Even the partial solution of this purely physical ...
... probably also in the interior of the earth's body , exerts upon the attraction of gravitation , by which the planets as well as their central body are main- tained in constant motion . Even the partial solution of this purely physical ...
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... probably represented the equator , whilst the curvature was re- garded as the οἰκουμένη . A passage in Pliny , regarding Pearls ( xi , 54 ) , elucidates this form , whilst Aristotle merely compares the segments of the sphere with the ...
... probably represented the equator , whilst the curvature was re- garded as the οἰκουμένη . A passage in Pliny , regarding Pearls ( xi , 54 ) , elucidates this form , whilst Aristotle merely compares the segments of the sphere with the ...
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... probably gave occasion to the unsatisfactory experiments , which were made by Bouguer on Chimborazo , 25 by Maskelyne and 25 Bouguer who had been induced by La Condamine to institute experiments on the deviation of the plummet near the ...
... probably gave occasion to the unsatisfactory experiments , which were made by Bouguer on Chimborazo , 25 by Maskelyne and 25 Bouguer who had been induced by La Condamine to institute experiments on the deviation of the plummet near the ...
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... probably not more than 45 ° .8 F. In Mexico , in the rich silver mines of Guanaxuato , I found in the Mina de Valenciana the external temperature in the neighbourhood of the Tiro Nuevo ( which is 7590 feet above the sea ) 70 ° .16 F ...
... probably not more than 45 ° .8 F. In Mexico , in the rich silver mines of Guanaxuato , I found in the Mina de Valenciana the external temperature in the neighbourhood of the Tiro Nuevo ( which is 7590 feet above the sea ) 70 ° .16 F ...
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