On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Poles of a Magnet Substances to Magnets of three Kinds - Thermo - Electricity Magnetism a Dual Power- - SECTION XXXIV . ― Relation of 330 Antithetic Character of Paramagnetism and Properties of Paramagnetic Diamagnetism The Earth ...
... Poles of a Magnet Substances to Magnets of three Kinds - Thermo - Electricity Magnetism a Dual Power- - SECTION XXXIV . ― Relation of 330 Antithetic Character of Paramagnetism and Properties of Paramagnetic Diamagnetism The Earth ...
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... poles , where it is greatest , to the equator , where it is least . There is , however , a certain mean ( N. 12 ) latitude ( N. 13 ) , or part of the earth intermediate between the pole and the equator , where the attraction of the ...
... poles , where it is greatest , to the equator , where it is least . There is , however , a certain mean ( N. 12 ) latitude ( N. 13 ) , or part of the earth intermediate between the pole and the equator , where the attraction of the ...
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... poles is , however , so small , that even Jupiter , whose rotation is the most rapid , and there- fore the most elliptical of the planets , may , from his great distance , be regarded as spherical . Although the planets attract each ...
... poles is , however , so small , that even Jupiter , whose rotation is the most rapid , and there- fore the most elliptical of the planets , may , from his great distance , be regarded as spherical . Although the planets attract each ...
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... pole to the equator . Thus a high degree of scientific knowledge has been requisite to dispel the errors of the senses ( N. 237 ) . The little that is known of the theories of the satellites of Saturn and Uranus is , in all respects ...
... pole to the equator . Thus a high degree of scientific knowledge has been requisite to dispel the errors of the senses ( N. 237 ) . The little that is known of the theories of the satellites of Saturn and Uranus is , in all respects ...
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... poles , where it ceases . On the contrary , gravity is least at the equator , because the particles are farther from the centre of the mass , and increases towards the poles , where it is greatest . It is evident , therefore , that , as ...
... poles , where it ceases . On the contrary , gravity is least at the equator , because the particles are farther from the centre of the mass , and increases towards the poles , where it is greatest . It is evident , therefore , that , as ...
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