Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... Southern Asia , pp . 377-382 ; ) Java , pp . 298-307 . The Indian Ocean , pp . 382-388 ; the South sea , pp . 388-401 . Probable number of volcanoes on the globe , and their distribution on the continents and islands pp . 421-431 ...
... Southern Asia , pp . 377-382 ; ) Java , pp . 298-307 . The Indian Ocean , pp . 382-388 ; the South sea , pp . 388-401 . Probable number of volcanoes on the globe , and their distribution on the continents and islands pp . 421-431 ...
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... southern hemisphere we possess a small number of admirable , but very widely diffused observations made by Freycinet , Duperrey , Fallows , Lütke , Brisbane and Rümker . These observations have confirmed a fact which had been strikingly ...
... southern hemisphere we possess a small number of admirable , but very widely diffused observations made by Freycinet , Duperrey , Fallows , Lütke , Brisbane and Rümker . These observations have confirmed a fact which had been strikingly ...
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... southern hemisphere , from which he obtained a mean compression of 8.3 . Mathieu obtained 4.4 from a compa- rison of Lacaille's observations at the Cape of Good Hope and the Isle of France with Paris , but the iustruments of measurement ...
... southern hemisphere , from which he obtained a mean compression of 8.3 . Mathieu obtained 4.4 from a compa- rison of Lacaille's observations at the Cape of Good Hope and the Isle of France with Paris , but the iustruments of measurement ...
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... southern parts of the world , " says the geographer of Amasia , " every high district , if it be also a plain , is cold " ( ii , p . 73 ) . Eratosthenes and Polybius ascribe the very moderate temperature which prevails under the equator ...
... southern parts of the world , " says the geographer of Amasia , " every high district , if it be also a plain , is cold " ( ii , p . 73 ) . Eratosthenes and Polybius ascribe the very moderate temperature which prevails under the equator ...
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... southern districts , but in general it is entirely independent of the limits of vegetation , or of the growth of timber . It is a very considerable advance in our knowledge , when we are able gradually to arrive at general and sound ...
... southern districts , but in general it is entirely independent of the limits of vegetation , or of the growth of timber . It is a very considerable advance in our knowledge , when we are able gradually to arrive at general and sound ...
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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