On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page xi
... Sir John Herschel to the varia- tion in the Excentricity of the Terrestrial Orbit - Difference in the Temperature of the two Hemispheres erroneously ascribed to the Excess in the Length of Spring and Summer in the Southern Hemisphere ...
... Sir John Herschel to the varia- tion in the Excentricity of the Terrestrial Orbit - Difference in the Temperature of the two Hemispheres erroneously ascribed to the Excess in the Length of Spring and Summer in the Southern Hemisphere ...
Page xiii
... Sir Humphry Davy's Photo- graphic Pictures The Daguerreotype- The Chroma- type- The Cyanotype- Collodion- Sir John Herschel's Discoveries in the Chemical Spectrum - M. Becquerel's Discoveries of Inactive Lines in ditto Thermic ...
... Sir Humphry Davy's Photo- graphic Pictures The Daguerreotype- The Chroma- type- The Cyanotype- Collodion- Sir John Herschel's Discoveries in the Chemical Spectrum - M. Becquerel's Discoveries of Inactive Lines in ditto Thermic ...
Page xiii
... Sir Humphry Davy's Photo- graphic Pictures - The Calotype - The Daguerreotype- The Chroma- type- The Cyanotype- Collodion Sir John Herschel's Discoveries in the Chemical Spectrum - M. Becquerel's Discoveries of Inactive Lines in ditto ...
... Sir Humphry Davy's Photo- graphic Pictures - The Calotype - The Daguerreotype- The Chroma- type- The Cyanotype- Collodion Sir John Herschel's Discoveries in the Chemical Spectrum - M. Becquerel's Discoveries of Inactive Lines in ditto ...
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... Sir John Herschel remarks that there are just as many thousands of feet in a degree of the meridian in our latitude as there are days in the year , viz . 365,000 . The Greenwich Observatory is in N. lat . 51 ° 28 ′ 40 ′′ . torial ...
... Sir John Herschel remarks that there are just as many thousands of feet in a degree of the meridian in our latitude as there are days in the year , viz . 365,000 . The Greenwich Observatory is in N. lat . 51 ° 28 ′ 40 ′′ . torial ...
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... Sir John Herschel , its thickness does not much exceed 100 miles , so that it appears like a plane . By the laws of mechanics , it is impos- sible that this body can retain its position by the adhesion of its particles alone . It must ...
... Sir John Herschel , its thickness does not much exceed 100 miles , so that it appears like a plane . By the laws of mechanics , it is impos- sible that this body can retain its position by the adhesion of its particles alone . It must ...
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61 Cygni absorbed action appears atmosphere attraction bismuth blue bodies centre centrifugal force chemical circular polarization coloured rings comet consequently copper crystal dark density diamagnetic diameter diminishes direction distance disturbing earth ecliptic effect electricity equal equator ethereal medium excentricity experiments extreme force gravitation greater heat hemisphere increase intensity Jupiter latitude length lines liquid longitude luminous lunar magnetic mass mean meridian metallic miles molecules moon motion move nebula nodal lines nodes NOTE nutation observed optic axis orbit parallax paramagnetic particles passing perihelion period perpendicular phenomena plane polarized light pole position prism produced quantity rays reflected refraction refrangible retrograde motion revolution revolving right angles rotation round satellites Sir John Herschel solar spectrum sound space stars substances sun's surface telescope temperature terrestrial theory tion tourmaline transmitted tricity undulations Uranus vapour velocity vibrations violet visible Voltaic waves wire