The Quarterly Journal of Science, Volume 6John Churchill and Sons, 1869 |
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... becomes a green colour , " . . . . and " the green colour can be again taken away by heat to appear again by renewed pres- sure . " Again , gold in a minutely divided condition caused by deflagration , transmitted violet , green , or ...
... becomes a green colour , " . . . . and " the green colour can be again taken away by heat to appear again by renewed pres- sure . " Again , gold in a minutely divided condition caused by deflagration , transmitted violet , green , or ...
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... become modified . He attributes the velocity of sound in its passage through substances , to a direct action upon the matter itself ; but why not suppose some attenuated gas to be the medium , as sonorous " ether ? " Such a supposition ...
... become modified . He attributes the velocity of sound in its passage through substances , to a direct action upon the matter itself ; but why not suppose some attenuated gas to be the medium , as sonorous " ether ? " Such a supposition ...
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... becomes apparent to the sense as orange light ; then another layer of felspar intervenes ; next , flint and crown glass ; and then it passes through air , a form of matter in which the hypothetical ether may be supposed to agitate ...
... becomes apparent to the sense as orange light ; then another layer of felspar intervenes ; next , flint and crown glass ; and then it passes through air , a form of matter in which the hypothetical ether may be supposed to agitate ...
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... become well embedded , the water was baled out , and the mud removed in buckets to large rectangular washing - vats , into which a continuous stream of water was intro- duced from the lake by means of Chinese pumps , the contents of the ...
... become well embedded , the water was baled out , and the mud removed in buckets to large rectangular washing - vats , into which a continuous stream of water was intro- duced from the lake by means of Chinese pumps , the contents of the ...
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epoch was more advanced than in Bohemia ; and they become of great value by indicating local inequality of progress in the act of deposition during this epoch - suggesting , moreover , that any of the Silurian stages may be in process ...
epoch was more advanced than in Bohemia ; and they become of great value by indicating local inequality of progress in the act of deposition during this epoch - suggesting , moreover , that any of the Silurian stages may be in process ...
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