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... Cleavage- Isomorphism Minuteness of the Particles – Height of Atmosphere — Chemical Affinity- Definite Proportions and Relative Weights of Atoms — Faraday's Discovery with regard to Affinity - Capillary Attraction · 102 SECTION XV .
... Cleavage- Isomorphism Minuteness of the Particles – Height of Atmosphere — Chemical Affinity- Definite Proportions and Relative Weights of Atoms — Faraday's Discovery with regard to Affinity - Capillary Attraction · 102 SECTION XV .
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The earth and a feather mutually attract each other in the proportion of the mass of the earth to the mass of the feather . Were this not the case , and were any portion of the earth , however small , to attract another portion ...
The earth and a feather mutually attract each other in the proportion of the mass of the earth to the mass of the feather . Were this not the case , and were any portion of the earth , however small , to attract another portion ...
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... if not , the lengths of the degrees would be greater , а exactly in proportion as the curvature is less . A 46 SECT . VI . FIGURE OF THE EARTH .
... if not , the lengths of the degrees would be greater , а exactly in proportion as the curvature is less . A 46 SECT . VI . FIGURE OF THE EARTH .
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exactly in proportion as the curvature is less . A comparison of the length of a degree in different parts of the earth's surface will therefore determine its size and form . An arc of the meridian may be measured by determining the ...
exactly in proportion as the curvature is less . A comparison of the length of a degree in different parts of the earth's surface will therefore determine its size and form . An arc of the meridian may be measured by determining the ...
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So that the mass of the satellites bears a very small proportion to that of their primary . The mass of the moon is determined from several sources — from her action on the terrestrial equator , which occasions the nutation in the axis ...
So that the mass of the satellites bears a very small proportion to that of their primary . The mass of the moon is determined from several sources — from her action on the terrestrial equator , which occasions the nutation in the axis ...
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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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