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... Lines in ditto — Thermic Spectrum - Phosphoric Spectrum Electrical Properties — Parathermic Rays — Moser and Hunt's Experiments General Structure and antagonist Properties of Solar Spectrum Defracted Spectrum 203 - - SECTION XXV .
... Lines in ditto — Thermic Spectrum - Phosphoric Spectrum Electrical Properties — Parathermic Rays — Moser and Hunt's Experiments General Structure and antagonist Properties of Solar Spectrum Defracted Spectrum 203 - - SECTION XXV .
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Terrestrial Heat — Radiation — Transmission — Melloni's experiments - Heat in Solar Spectrum Polarization of Heat - Nature of Heat Absorptions — Dew — Rain Combustion — Expansion - Compensation Pendulum - Transmission through Crystals ...
Terrestrial Heat — Radiation — Transmission — Melloni's experiments - Heat in Solar Spectrum Polarization of Heat - Nature of Heat Absorptions — Dew — Rain Combustion — Expansion - Compensation Pendulum - Transmission through Crystals ...
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By numerous and careful experiments it is proved that a pendulum , which oscillates 86,400 times in a mean day at the equator , will do the same at every point of the earth's surface , if its length be increased progressively to the ...
By numerous and careful experiments it is proved that a pendulum , which oscillates 86,400 times in a mean day at the equator , will do the same at every point of the earth's surface , if its length be increased progressively to the ...
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He found that his clock lost at the rate of 2 " 28 * daily , which induced him to determine the length of a pendulum beating seconds in that latitude ; and , repeating the experiments on his return to Europe , he found the seconds ...
He found that his clock lost at the rate of 2 " 28 * daily , which induced him to determine the length of a pendulum beating seconds in that latitude ; and , repeating the experiments on his return to Europe , he found the seconds ...
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The late Mr. Baily , whose accuracy as an experimental philosopher is acknowledged , was unremittingly occupied ... In order to ascertain the mean density of the earth still more perfectly , Mr. Airy made a series of experiments to ...
The late Mr. Baily , whose accuracy as an experimental philosopher is acknowledged , was unremittingly occupied ... In order to ascertain the mean density of the earth still more perfectly , Mr. Airy made a series of experiments to ...
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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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