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“ No natural phenomenon can be adequately studied in itself alonebut , to be understood , it must be considered as it stands connected with all Nature . ” - BACON . Ninth Edition , completely Rebised . LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE ...
“ No natural phenomenon can be adequately studied in itself alonebut , to be understood , it must be considered as it stands connected with all Nature . ” - BACON . Ninth Edition , completely Rebised . LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE ...
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SECTION X. Rotation of the Earth invariable · Decrease in the Earth's mean Temperature - · Earth originally in a state of Fusion - Length of Day constant Decrease of Temperature ascribed by Sir John Herschel to the variation in the ...
SECTION X. Rotation of the Earth invariable · Decrease in the Earth's mean Temperature - · Earth originally in a state of Fusion - Length of Day constant Decrease of Temperature ascribed by Sir John Herschel to the variation in the ...
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... and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours — Diffraction of Light --- Sir John Herschel's Theory of the Absorption of Light - Refraction and Reflection of Light 167 SECTION XXI .
... and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours — Diffraction of Light --- Sir John Herschel's Theory of the Absorption of Light - Refraction and Reflection of Light 167 SECTION XXI .
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... and Wollaston's Discoveries Wedgwood's and Sir Humphry Davy's Photographic Pictures — The Calotype — The Daguerreotype The Chromatype The Cyanotype Collodion Sir John Herschel's Discoveries in the Chemical Spectrum — M. Becquerel's ...
... and Wollaston's Discoveries Wedgwood's and Sir Humphry Davy's Photographic Pictures — The Calotype — The Daguerreotype The Chromatype The Cyanotype Collodion Sir John Herschel's Discoveries in the Chemical Spectrum — M. Becquerel's ...
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Therefore 360 degrees , or the whole equa* Sir 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 ...
Therefore 360 degrees , or the whole equa* Sir 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 ...
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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2013 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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