On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Heat - The Sun's Atmosphere His influence on the Planets Atmospheres of the Planets - The Moon has none - Lunar heat The Differential Telescope - Temperature of Space - Internal Heat of the Earth Zone of constant Temperature Increase of ...
... Heat - The Sun's Atmosphere His influence on the Planets Atmospheres of the Planets - The Moon has none - Lunar heat The Differential Telescope - Temperature of Space - Internal Heat of the Earth Zone of constant Temperature Increase of ...
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... Heat - The Sun's Atmosphere - His influence on the Planets Atmospheres of the Planets- The Moon has none heat - The Differential Telescope - Temperature of Space - Internal Heat of the Earth - Zone of constant Temperature - Increase of Heat ...
... Heat - The Sun's Atmosphere - His influence on the Planets Atmospheres of the Planets- The Moon has none heat - The Differential Telescope - Temperature of Space - Internal Heat of the Earth - Zone of constant Temperature - Increase of Heat ...
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... Heat , and Cleavage on Mag- netic Bodies Mutual Dependence of Light , Heat , Electricity , & c . & c . The Conservation of Force and the Permanency of Matter Primary Laws of Nature Definition of Gravity not according to that Law Gravity ...
... Heat , and Cleavage on Mag- netic Bodies Mutual Dependence of Light , Heat , Electricity , & c . & c . The Conservation of Force and the Permanency of Matter Primary Laws of Nature Definition of Gravity not according to that Law Gravity ...
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... heat the earth receives ; but having a satellite , the deficiency of light may in some measure be supplied . The prediction may now be transferred from Uranus to Nep- tune , whose perturbations may reveal the existence of a planet still ...
... heat the earth receives ; but having a satellite , the deficiency of light may in some measure be supplied . The prediction may now be transferred from Uranus to Nep- tune , whose perturbations may reveal the existence of a planet still ...
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... heat , by contracting the terrestrial spheroid , would accelerate its rotation , and consequently diminish the length of the day . Not- withstanding the constant accession of heat from the sun's rays , geologists have been induced to ...
... heat , by contracting the terrestrial spheroid , would accelerate its rotation , and consequently diminish the length of the day . Not- withstanding the constant accession of heat from the sun's rays , geologists have been induced to ...
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