Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... temperature which prevails under the equator not only to the more rapid transit of the sun ( Geminus , Elem . Astron . c . 13 , Cleom . Cycl . Theor . , 1 , 6 ) , but more espe- cially to the bulging of the earth ( See my Examen Crit ...
... temperature which prevails under the equator not only to the more rapid transit of the sun ( Geminus , Elem . Astron . c . 13 , Cleom . Cycl . Theor . , 1 , 6 ) , but more espe- cially to the bulging of the earth ( See my Examen Crit ...
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... temperature in springs , borings , and sub- terranean mines , and partly upon analytical combinations regarding the gradual cooling of our planet , and the influence which the decrease of heat may have exercised in primeval ages upon ...
... temperature in springs , borings , and sub- terranean mines , and partly upon analytical combinations regarding the gradual cooling of our planet , and the influence which the decrease of heat may have exercised in primeval ages upon ...
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... temperature with the depth has been found to present for the most part very closely coinciding results , even at very different lo- calities . For very great depths we obtain the most certain results from Artesian wells , especially ...
... temperature with the depth has been found to present for the most part very closely coinciding results , even at very different lo- calities . For very great depths we obtain the most certain results from Artesian wells , especially ...
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... temperature at great depths in the sea and in springs , the surface of the basin of the well at Grenelle lies at an ... temperature of the salt spring at the New Salt Works of Oeynhausen is 91 ° 04 F. , and as the mean annual tem ...
... temperature at great depths in the sea and in springs , the surface of the basin of the well at Grenelle lies at an ... temperature of the salt spring at the New Salt Works of Oeynhausen is 91 ° 04 F. , and as the mean annual tem ...
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... temperature of its waters is 9 ° .18 F. higher . The increase of the heat at Paris , is about 1 ° F. for 59 feet , and therefore scarcelyth greater . I have already else- where drawn attention to the fact that a similar result was ...
... temperature of its waters is 9 ° .18 F. higher . The increase of the heat at Paris , is about 1 ° F. for 59 feet , and therefore scarcelyth greater . I have already else- where drawn attention to the fact that a similar result was ...
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