Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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Page 25
... position , and density of the several points . If the conditions which produce these devi- ations are much more recent than the consolidation of the 22 Cosmos , vol . i , p . 161. Eduard Schmidt ( Mathem . und Phys . Geo- graphie , Th ...
... position , and density of the several points . If the conditions which produce these devi- ations are much more recent than the consolidation of the 22 Cosmos , vol . i , p . 161. Eduard Schmidt ( Mathem . und Phys . Geo- graphie , Th ...
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... position must everywhere be distinguished from that which we ascribe to elevation above the sea , in Armenia ( xi , p . 522 , Casaub . ) , in Lycaonia , which is inhabited by wild asses ( xii , p . 568 ) , and in Upper India , in the ...
... position must everywhere be distinguished from that which we ascribe to elevation above the sea , in Armenia ( xi , p . 522 , Casaub . ) , in Lycaonia , which is inhabited by wild asses ( xii , p . 568 ) , and in Upper India , in the ...
Page 37
... positions through hydrostatic pressure as in connected tubes , may influence the rising of springs at points of great depth , and that the subterranean 35 Cosmos , vol . i , p . 166 , and Mémoires de la Société d'Hist . Naturelle de ...
... positions through hydrostatic pressure as in connected tubes , may influence the rising of springs at points of great depth , and that the subterranean 35 Cosmos , vol . i , p . 166 , and Mémoires de la Société d'Hist . Naturelle de ...
Page 54
... position of the curves of variation which he still imagined to be parallel to the meridian . We learn from his ship's log , that when he was uncertain of his position during his second voyage ( 1496 ) , he actually endeavoured to steer ...
... position of the curves of variation which he still imagined to be parallel to the meridian . We learn from his ship's log , that when he was uncertain of his position during his second voyage ( 1496 ) , he actually endeavoured to steer ...
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... position was gradually marked as being farther south in the Breve Compendio de la Sphera , by Martin Cortez , 1545 , as well as in the Geographia di Tolomeo of Liveo Sanuto , 1588 . The attainment of this point , called el calamitico ...
... position was gradually marked as being farther south in the Breve Compendio de la Sphera , by Martin Cortez , 1545 , as well as in the Geographia di Tolomeo of Liveo Sanuto , 1588 . The attainment of this point , called el calamitico ...
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