Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... variation corresponding to different years shows no conformity to the inequality manifested in those of the solar - diurnal variation . The earth's induc- tive action , reflected from the moon , must be of a very little amount ...
... variation corresponding to different years shows no conformity to the inequality manifested in those of the solar - diurnal variation . The earth's induc- tive action , reflected from the moon , must be of a very little amount ...
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... variations in the amount of ellipticity given by pendulum lengths ( taken at different geographical points and in different groups ) are very much more striking . The determination of the figure of the earth obtained from the 15 ...
... variations in the amount of ellipticity given by pendulum lengths ( taken at different geographical points and in different groups ) are very much more striking . The determination of the figure of the earth obtained from the 15 ...
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... variation of gravity proportional to the square of the sine of the latitude . On this account the English Government determined , at the sugges- tion of the Vice - President of the Royal Society , Davies Gilbert , to fit out a ...
... variation of gravity proportional to the square of the sine of the latitude . On this account the English Government determined , at the sugges- tion of the Vice - President of the Royal Society , Davies Gilbert , to fit out a ...
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... variation in the length of the Pendulum vibrating Seconds , 1825 , p . 352 ) finds 3.3 from all the thirteen stations of his pendulum expedition , notwithstanding their great distances from one another in the northern hemisphere ; and ...
... variation in the length of the Pendulum vibrating Seconds , 1825 , p . 352 ) finds 3.3 from all the thirteen stations of his pendulum expedition , notwithstanding their great distances from one another in the northern hemisphere ; and ...
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... variations of temperature are not percep- tible at depths of 34ths feet below the surface ; " and at Brussels , the highest temperature was not indicated until the 10th of December in a thermometer which had been sunk to a depth of more ...
... variations of temperature are not percep- tible at depths of 34ths feet below the surface ; " and at Brussels , the highest temperature was not indicated until the 10th of December in a thermometer which had been sunk to a depth of more ...
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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