The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, Volume 19A. and C. Black, 1835 - Geology |
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... ... 22d ... 23d ... ... ... 29th 2d July 3d August 12th ... 0.33 18.0 1.15 ... 27.0 1.22 ... 1.26 54.0 123.0 0.64 15.0 ...... ... 0.43 3.36 The method which I have now described so much at 30 M. Arago on the Light of Comets .
... ... 22d ... 23d ... ... ... 29th 2d July 3d August 12th ... 0.33 18.0 1.15 ... 27.0 1.22 ... 1.26 54.0 123.0 0.64 15.0 ...... ... 0.43 3.36 The method which I have now described so much at 30 M. Arago on the Light of Comets .
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... described so much at length , is exposed , I believe , to only one kind of objection ; it may be imagined that the matter of which the comet is composed has no inherent light of its own , but that it acquires it when under the action of ...
... described so much at length , is exposed , I believe , to only one kind of objection ; it may be imagined that the matter of which the comet is composed has no inherent light of its own , but that it acquires it when under the action of ...
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... described into a self - registering one , by simply inserting an index of glass , which may be drawn back by the little mer- -curial column , just as in Six's thermometer . We should thus be enabled to determine the operation of causes ...
... described into a self - registering one , by simply inserting an index of glass , which may be drawn back by the little mer- -curial column , just as in Six's thermometer . We should thus be enabled to determine the operation of causes ...
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... described was , like Oersted's instrument , in- tended for measuring compressibility , not pressure . In these cases , a Register Thermometer would need to ac company the self - registering instrument . Probably no consi- derable error ...
... described was , like Oersted's instrument , in- tended for measuring compressibility , not pressure . In these cases , a Register Thermometer would need to ac company the self - registering instrument . Probably no consi- derable error ...
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... described , all of which , with the exception of the one just mentioned , have yellow flowers , and are natives of temperate or Northern Asia . The root is fusiform and woody , thicker than a swan's quill , and , when bruised , yields ...
... described , all of which , with the exception of the one just mentioned , have yellow flowers , and are natives of temperate or Northern Asia . The root is fusiform and woody , thicker than a swan's quill , and , when bruised , yields ...
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