Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... tion of pumice , p . 479 ; subterranean pumice beds , remote from vol- canoes , at Zumbalica in the Cordilleras of Quito , at Huichapa in the Mexican Highland , and at Tschigem in the Caucasus , pp . 340–345 . Diversity of the ...
... tion of pumice , p . 479 ; subterranean pumice beds , remote from vol- canoes , at Zumbalica in the Cordilleras of Quito , at Huichapa in the Mexican Highland , and at Tschigem in the Caucasus , pp . 340–345 . Diversity of the ...
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... tion to Toronto in Canada , by the employment of a peculiar and very exact form of calculation , may be recognised in all the three elements of terrestrial magnetism ( Phil . Trans . for 1856 , p . 361 ) , as shown by the abundant ...
... tion to Toronto in Canada , by the employment of a peculiar and very exact form of calculation , may be recognised in all the three elements of terrestrial magnetism ( Phil . Trans . for 1856 , p . 361 ) , as shown by the abundant ...
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... tion of the great problem of celestial mechanics , in which all that is variable in the uranological sphere is subjected to the sole control of dynamical laws . Periodical alternations of light upon the surface of the planet Mars do ...
... tion of the great problem of celestial mechanics , in which all that is variable in the uranological sphere is subjected to the sole control of dynamical laws . Periodical alternations of light upon the surface of the planet Mars do ...
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... tion which he had at Kensington with Conduit ( Cosmos , vol . i , p . 120 ) . The uniform image of homogeneous gravi- tating matter conglomerated into celestial bodies has occu- pied the fancy of mankind in various ways , and mythology ...
... tion which he had at Kensington with Conduit ( Cosmos , vol . i , p . 120 ) . The uniform image of homogeneous gravi- tating matter conglomerated into celestial bodies has occu- pied the fancy of mankind in various ways , and mythology ...
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... tion ( Laplace , Expos . du Syst . du Monde , p . 384. Cosmos , vol . iii , p . 23 ) . As in the physical world , more especially on the borders of the sea , delusive images often appear which seem for a time to promise to the expectant ...
... tion ( Laplace , Expos . du Syst . du Monde , p . 384. Cosmos , vol . iii , p . 23 ) . As in the physical world , more especially on the borders of the sea , delusive images often appear which seem for a time to promise to the expectant ...
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