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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... Temperature as we descend in the Crust of the Earth , 129 . 143 XVI . Researches on Wines and other Fermented Liquors . By LEWIS C. BECK , M. D. , Professor of Chemistry and Botany in the University of the City of New York , & c . & c ...
... Temperature as we descend in the Crust of the Earth , 129 . 143 XVI . Researches on Wines and other Fermented Liquors . By LEWIS C. BECK , M. D. , Professor of Chemistry and Botany in the University of the City of New York , & c . & c ...
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... Temperature of some Fishes of the genus Thynnus . By JOHN DAVY , M. D. , F. R. S. , Assistant - Inspector of Army Hospitals . Com- municated by the Author , XVI . Professor AGASSIZ on the Arrangement and Geology of Fishes , XVII ...
... Temperature of some Fishes of the genus Thynnus . By JOHN DAVY , M. D. , F. R. S. , Assistant - Inspector of Army Hospitals . Com- municated by the Author , XVI . Professor AGASSIZ on the Arrangement and Geology of Fishes , XVII ...
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... temperature and pressure of steam , the pres- sure being ascertained by the volume of air in a manometer , previously graduated experimentally by comparison with the pressure of a column of mercury . The idea of substituting a manometer ...
... temperature and pressure of steam , the pres- sure being ascertained by the volume of air in a manometer , previously graduated experimentally by comparison with the pressure of a column of mercury . The idea of substituting a manometer ...
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... practical difficulty is common to all these , namely , the accurate determination of the temperature of the fluid employed . It may be proper to remark , that Professor Oersted's compressibility of Water to Practical Purposes . 37.
... practical difficulty is common to all these , namely , the accurate determination of the temperature of the fluid employed . It may be proper to remark , that Professor Oersted's compressibility of Water to Practical Purposes . 37.
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... temperature eliminated ; but with these I forbear at present to trouble the Society . Upon the Egyptian Hieroglyphical Writing . * By M. Arago . †THE word Hieroglyphic , whether regarded metaphorically , or in its natural acceptation ...
... temperature eliminated ; but with these I forbear at present to trouble the Society . Upon the Egyptian Hieroglyphical Writing . * By M. Arago . †THE word Hieroglyphic , whether regarded metaphorically , or in its natural acceptation ...
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