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3 “ No natural phenomenon can be adequately studied in itself alonebut , to be understood , it must be considered as it stands connected with all 2 . " - BACON . Ninth Edition , completely Revised . LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE ...
3 “ No natural phenomenon can be adequately studied in itself alonebut , to be understood , it must be considered as it stands connected with all 2 . " - BACON . Ninth Edition , completely Revised . LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE ...
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SECTION X. Rotation of the Earth invariable - Decrease in the Earth's mean Temperature — Earth originally in a state of Fusion -- Length of Day constant Decrease of Temperature ascribed by Sir John Herschel to the variation in the ...
SECTION X. Rotation of the Earth invariable - Decrease in the Earth's mean Temperature — Earth originally in a state of Fusion -- Length of Day constant Decrease of Temperature ascribed by Sir John Herschel to the variation in the ...
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... and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour - Newton's Scale of Colours — Diffraction of Light -- Sir John Herschel's Theory of the Absorption of Light — Refraction and Reflection of Light 167 SECTION XXI .
... and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour - Newton's Scale of Colours — Diffraction of Light -- Sir John Herschel's Theory of the Absorption of Light — Refraction and Reflection of Light 167 SECTION XXI .
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... Spectrum - Scheele , Ritter , and Wollaston's Discoveries - Wedgwood's and Sir Humphry Davy's Photographic Pictures — The Calotype - The Daguerreotype - The Chromatype - The Cyanotype Collodion - Sir John Herschel's Discoveries ...
... Spectrum - Scheele , Ritter , and Wollaston's Discoveries - Wedgwood's and Sir Humphry Davy's Photographic Pictures — The Calotype - The Daguerreotype - The Chromatype - The Cyanotype Collodion - Sir John Herschel's Discoveries ...
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... and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours — Diffraction of Light -- Sir John Herschel's Theory of the Absorption of Light - Refraction and Reflection of Light . 167 SECTION XXI .
... and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours — Diffraction of Light -- Sir John Herschel's Theory of the Absorption of Light - Refraction and Reflection of Light . 167 SECTION XXI .
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