On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Plates Forced Vibrations Resonance Bells Harmony - Sounding Boards - Speaking Machines - - 140 SECTION XVIII . ― - Refraction - Astronomical Refraction and its Laws - Formation of Tables of Refraction Terrestrial Refraction Its Quantity ...
... Plates Forced Vibrations Resonance Bells Harmony - Sounding Boards - Speaking Machines - - 140 SECTION XVIII . ― - Refraction - Astronomical Refraction and its Laws - Formation of Tables of Refraction Terrestrial Refraction Its Quantity ...
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... Plate of Iron between the Poles of a Magnet Substances to Magnets of three Kinds - Thermo - Electricity - - SECTION XXXIV . - - ― 330 Magnetism a Dual Power- Antithetic Character of Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism The Earth Paramagnetic ...
... Plate of Iron between the Poles of a Magnet Substances to Magnets of three Kinds - Thermo - Electricity - - SECTION XXXIV . - - ― 330 Magnetism a Dual Power- Antithetic Character of Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism The Earth Paramagnetic ...
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... Plate 1. ) This rapid rotation occasions a very great compression in his form . His equatorial axis exceeds his polar axis by 6000 miles , whereas the difference in the axes of the earth is only about twenty - six and a half . It is an ...
... Plate 1. ) This rapid rotation occasions a very great compression in his form . His equatorial axis exceeds his polar axis by 6000 miles , whereas the difference in the axes of the earth is only about twenty - six and a half . It is an ...
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... Plate 2. ) The mean distance of the interior part of the double ring from the surface of the planet is about 22,240 miles , it is no less than 33,360 miles broad , but , by the estimation of Sir John Herschel , its thickness does not ...
... Plate 2. ) The mean distance of the interior part of the double ring from the surface of the planet is about 22,240 miles , it is no less than 33,360 miles broad , but , by the estimation of Sir John Herschel , its thickness does not ...
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... plate - glass manufactories . After the large plates of glass of which mirrors are to be made have received their last polish , they are carefully wiped and laid on their edges with their surfaces resting on one another . In the course ...
... plate - glass manufactories . After the large plates of glass of which mirrors are to be made have received their last polish , they are carefully wiped and laid on their edges with their surfaces resting on one another . In the course ...
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