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... Height of Atmosphere — Chemical Affinity – Definite Proportions and Relative Weights of Atoms - Faraday's Discovery with regard to Affinity — Capillary Attraction 102 SECTION XV . - Analysis of the Atmosphere – Its CONTENTS . xi.
... Height of Atmosphere — Chemical Affinity – Definite Proportions and Relative Weights of Atoms - Faraday's Discovery with regard to Affinity — Capillary Attraction 102 SECTION XV . - Analysis of the Atmosphere – Its CONTENTS . xi.
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The earth and a feather mutually attract each other in the proportion of the mass of the earth to the mass of the feather . Were this not the case , and were any portion of the earth , however small , to attract another portion ...
The earth and a feather mutually attract each other in the proportion of the mass of the earth to the mass of the feather . Were this not the case , and were any portion of the earth , however small , to attract another portion ...
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... if not , the lengths of the degrees would be greater , > exactly in proportion as the curvature is less . A 46 SECT . VI . FIGURE OF THE EARTH .
... if not , the lengths of the degrees would be greater , > exactly in proportion as the curvature is less . A 46 SECT . VI . FIGURE OF THE EARTH .
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exactly in proportion as the curvature is less . A comparison of the length of a degree in different parts of the earth's surface will therefore determine its size and form . An arc of the meridian may be measured by determining the ...
exactly in proportion as the curvature is less . A comparison of the length of a degree in different parts of the earth's surface will therefore determine its size and form . An arc of the meridian may be measured by determining the ...
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So that the mass of the satellites bears a very small proportion to that of their primary . The mass of the moon is determined from several sources -from her action on the terrestrial equator , which occasions the nutation in the axis ...
So that the mass of the satellites bears a very small proportion to that of their primary . The mass of the moon is determined from several sources -from her action on the terrestrial equator , which occasions the nutation in the axis ...
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