On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... object of all study , which , in the eloquent language of Sir James Mackintosh , " is to inspire the love of truth ... objects , and prepared for those high destinies which are appointed for all those who are capable of them ...
... object of all study , which , in the eloquent language of Sir James Mackintosh , " is to inspire the love of truth ... objects , and prepared for those high destinies which are appointed for all those who are capable of them ...
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... Objects appear to be situate in the direction of the rays which proceed from them . Were light propagated instantaneously , every object , whether at rest or in motion , would appear in the direction of these rays ; but , as light takes ...
... Objects appear to be situate in the direction of the rays which proceed from them . Were light propagated instantaneously , every object , whether at rest or in motion , would appear in the direction of these rays ; but , as light takes ...
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... object is found . The angle under which the base of the triangle is seen from the object is the parallax of that object . It evidently in- creases and decreases with the distance . Therefore the base must be very great indeed to be ...
... object is found . The angle under which the base of the triangle is seen from the object is the parallax of that object . It evidently in- creases and decreases with the distance . Therefore the base must be very great indeed to be ...
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... object may be found , if two observers under the same meridian , but at a very great distance from one another , observe its zenith distances on the same day at the time of its passage over the meridian . By such contemporaneous ...
... object may be found , if two observers under the same meridian , but at a very great distance from one another , observe its zenith distances on the same day at the time of its passage over the meridian . By such contemporaneous ...
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... object of Cook's first voyage . The transit lasted about six hours at Tahiti , and the difference in duration at these two stations was eight minutes ; whence the sun's horizontal parallax was found to be 8 " -72 . But by other ...
... object of Cook's first voyage . The transit lasted about six hours at Tahiti , and the difference in duration at these two stations was eight minutes ; whence the sun's horizontal parallax was found to be 8 " -72 . But by other ...
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