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... attributed by Sir Charles Lyell to the Operation of existing Causes -- Three principal Axes of Rotation — Position of the Axis of Rotation on the Surface of the Earth invariable - Ocean not sufficient to restore the Equilibrium of ...
... attributed by Sir Charles Lyell to the Operation of existing Causes -- Three principal Axes of Rotation — Position of the Axis of Rotation on the Surface of the Earth invariable - Ocean not sufficient to restore the Equilibrium of ...
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... the two Refracted Rays Undulations of Natural Light Undulations of Polarized Light – The Optic Axes of Crystals — M. Fresnels Discoveries on the Rays passing along the Optic Axis · Polarization by Reflection Page 179 SECTION XXII .
... the two Refracted Rays Undulations of Natural Light Undulations of Polarized Light – The Optic Axes of Crystals — M. Fresnels Discoveries on the Rays passing along the Optic Axis · Polarization by Reflection Page 179 SECTION XXII .
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Discovery of Electro - magnetism Deflection of the Magnetic Needle by a Current of Electricity - Direction of the Force Rotatory Motion by Electricity Rotation of a Wire and a Magnet - Rotation of a Magnet about its Axis — Of Mercury ...
Discovery of Electro - magnetism Deflection of the Magnetic Needle by a Current of Electricity - Direction of the Force Rotatory Motion by Electricity Rotation of a Wire and a Magnet - Rotation of a Magnet about its Axis — Of Mercury ...
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The sun rotates about an axis , and modern observations show that an impulse in a contrary direction has not been given to his centre of gravity , for he moves in space , accompanied by all those bodies which compose the solar system ...
The sun rotates about an axis , and modern observations show that an impulse in a contrary direction has not been given to his centre of gravity , for he moves in space , accompanied by all those bodies which compose the solar system ...
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The mean distance of a planet from the sun is equal to half the major axis ( N. 42 ) of its orbit : if , therefore , the planet described a circle ( N. 43 ) round the sun at its mean distance , the motion would be uniform , and the ...
The mean distance of a planet from the sun is equal to half the major axis ( N. 42 ) of its orbit : if , therefore , the planet described a circle ( N. 43 ) round the sun at its mean distance , the motion would be uniform , and the ...
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