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... Water , and Solids - Causes of the Obstruction of Sound Law of its Intensity -- Reflection of Sound Echoes ... Air in Wind - Instruments - Vibration of Solids — Vibrating Plates Bells — Harmony — Sounding Boards - Forced Vibrations ...
... Water , and Solids - Causes of the Obstruction of Sound Law of its Intensity -- Reflection of Sound Echoes ... Air in Wind - Instruments - Vibration of Solids — Vibrating Plates Bells — Harmony — Sounding Boards - Forced Vibrations ...
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The same is therefore true of a solid sphere , which may be supposed to consist of an infinite number of concentric hollow spheres ( N. 8 ) . This , however , is not the case with a spheroid ( N. 9 ) ; but the celestial bodies are so ...
The same is therefore true of a solid sphere , which may be supposed to consist of an infinite number of concentric hollow spheres ( N. 8 ) . This , however , is not the case with a spheroid ( N. 9 ) ; but the celestial bodies are so ...
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Consequently , the sphere would become an oblate or flattened spheroid , and a fluid , partially or entirely covering a solid , as the ocean and atmosphere cover the earth , must assume that form in order to remain in equilibrio .
Consequently , the sphere would become an oblate or flattened spheroid , and a fluid , partially or entirely covering a solid , as the ocean and atmosphere cover the earth , must assume that form in order to remain in equilibrio .
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The compression is still less when the mass is considered to be , as it actually is , a solid nucleus , decreasing regularly in density from the centre to the surface , and partially covered by the ocean , because the solid parts ...
The compression is still less when the mass is considered to be , as it actually is , a solid nucleus , decreasing regularly in density from the centre to the surface , and partially covered by the ocean , because the solid parts ...
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This , indeed , is assuming the earth to be an ellipsoid of revolution ; but the actual measurement of the globe will show how far it corresponds with that solid in figure and constitution . The courses of the great rivers , which are ...
This , indeed , is assuming the earth to be an ellipsoid of revolution ; but the actual measurement of the globe will show how far it corresponds with that solid in figure and constitution . The courses of the great rivers , which are ...
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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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