Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1889 |
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Page 127
... velocity of translation of the sun does not differ very much from the velocity of the earth in its orbit , that is , 18 miles per second . Dr. von Kövesligethy in 1883 found from spectroscopic observations that the rate of motion of the ...
... velocity of translation of the sun does not differ very much from the velocity of the earth in its orbit , that is , 18 miles per second . Dr. von Kövesligethy in 1883 found from spectroscopic observations that the rate of motion of the ...
Page 331
... velocity of propagation of the explosive wave is very great by placing a few grains of the fulminate in the mid- dle of a train of powder upon a sheet of paper . After ignition the direction in which the combustion was propagated ...
... velocity of propagation of the explosive wave is very great by placing a few grains of the fulminate in the mid- dle of a train of powder upon a sheet of paper . After ignition the direction in which the combustion was propagated ...
Page 361
... velocity of light . As the final result of his Wash- ington experiments Newcomb gives 299,860 ± 30 kilometers per second as the velocity of light in vacuo . Michelson's Cleveland experiments give 299,853 60 ; a result substantially ...
... velocity of light . As the final result of his Wash- ington experiments Newcomb gives 299,860 ± 30 kilometers per second as the velocity of light in vacuo . Michelson's Cleveland experiments give 299,853 60 ; a result substantially ...
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Scientific Writings of Joseph Henry | 9 |
APPENDIX TO THE SECRETARYS REPORT | 29 |
Shipments received from abroad | 38 |
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