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... Brewster — New Colours - Fraunhofer's Dark Lines Dispersion of Light — The Achromatic Telescope — Homogeneous Light — Accidental and Complementary Colours - M. Plateau's Experiments and Theory of Accidental Colours 159 SECTION XX .
... Brewster — New Colours - Fraunhofer's Dark Lines Dispersion of Light — The Achromatic Telescope — Homogeneous Light — Accidental and Complementary Colours - M. Plateau's Experiments and Theory of Accidental Colours 159 SECTION XX .
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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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... Magnetism a Dual Power - Antithetic Character of Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism – The Earth Paramagnetic - Properties of Paramagnetic Bodies Polarity — Induction · Lines of Magnetic Force - Currents of Electricity induced by them ...
... Magnetism a Dual Power - Antithetic Character of Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism – The Earth Paramagnetic - Properties of Paramagnetic Bodies Polarity — Induction · Lines of Magnetic Force - Currents of Electricity induced by them ...
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In this motion the radii vectores ( N. 40 ) , or imaginary lines joining the centres of the sun and the planets , pass over equal areas or spaces in equal times ( N. 41 ) . The mean distance of a planet from the sun is equal to half the ...
In this motion the radii vectores ( N. 40 ) , or imaginary lines joining the centres of the sun and the planets , pass over equal areas or spaces in equal times ( N. 41 ) . The mean distance of a planet from the sun is equal to half the ...
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... whose planes , slightly inclined to the ecliptic , cut it in straight lines , passing through the centre of the sun ( N. 58 ) . The orbits of the recently - discovered planets deviate more from the ecliptic than those of the ancient ...
... whose planes , slightly inclined to the ecliptic , cut it in straight lines , passing through the centre of the sun ( N. 58 ) . The orbits of the recently - discovered planets deviate more from the ecliptic than those of the ancient ...
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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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