On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page iii
... as it stands connected with all Nature . " - BACON . Ninth Edition , completely Revised . LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET . 1858 . The right of Translation is reserved . KONINKLIJKE BIBLIOTHEEF LONDON : PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND ...
... as it stands connected with all Nature . " - BACON . Ninth Edition , completely Revised . LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET . 1858 . The right of Translation is reserved . KONINKLIJKE BIBLIOTHEEF LONDON : PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours - Diffraction of Light -- Sir John Her- schel's Theory of the Absorption of Light — Refraction and Reflection of Light 167 Polarization of Light - - SECTION XXI . - Defined xii CONTENTS .
... of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours - Diffraction of Light -- Sir John Her- schel's Theory of the Absorption of Light — Refraction and Reflection of Light 167 Polarization of Light - - SECTION XXI . - Defined xii CONTENTS .
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... John Herschel's Discoveries in the Chemical Spectrum - M. Becquerel's Discoveries of Inactive Lines in ditto Thermic Spectrum - Phosphoric Spectrum Electrical Pro- perties - Parathermic Rays - Moser and Hunt's Experiments → Gene- ral ...
... John Herschel's Discoveries in the Chemical Spectrum - M. Becquerel's Discoveries of Inactive Lines in ditto Thermic Spectrum - Phosphoric Spectrum Electrical Pro- perties - Parathermic Rays - Moser and Hunt's Experiments → Gene- ral ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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