Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... remarkable manner the previously - recog- nised influences of those local attractions which were in- ferred from the comparison of astronomical latitudes with the results of geodetic measurements.9 In addition to the two secondary ...
... remarkable manner the previously - recog- nised influences of those local attractions which were in- ferred from the comparison of astronomical latitudes with the results of geodetic measurements.9 In addition to the two secondary ...
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... remarkable , the annals of the Académie des Inscriptions contain no notice during this long 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 ...
... remarkable , the annals of the Académie des Inscriptions contain no notice during this long 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 ...
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... remarkable for the successful emulation that distinguished the cultivators of science , and when theoretical views led to the prosecution of observations , which by their results re- acted in their turn upon theory , it is of great ...
... remarkable for the successful emulation that distinguished the cultivators of science , and when theoretical views led to the prosecution of observations , which by their results re- acted in their turn upon theory , it is of great ...
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... remarkable table , p . 239 , on the nature of the rocks occurring at 16 pendulum stations , from Melville Island ( 79 ° 50 ′ N. Lat . ) to Valparaiso ( 32 ° 2 ' S. Lat . ) . and New York , Dunkirk , and Barcelona on the 24 COSMOS .
... remarkable table , p . 239 , on the nature of the rocks occurring at 16 pendulum stations , from Melville Island ( 79 ° 50 ′ N. Lat . ) to Valparaiso ( 32 ° 2 ' S. Lat . ) . and New York , Dunkirk , and Barcelona on the 24 COSMOS .
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... remarkable protuberances of the surface , namely , the high north of Asia and the land lying under the equator . " The high and naked Scythian plains , " says Hippocrates ( de Aëre et Aquis § xix , p . 72 , Littré ) , " without being ...
... remarkable protuberances of the surface , namely , the high north of Asia and the land lying under the equator . " The high and naked Scythian plains , " says Hippocrates ( de Aëre et Aquis § xix , p . 72 , Littré ) , " without being ...
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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