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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