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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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... throughout the wide extent of creation , and is the cause of the disturbances , as well as of the order of nature ; since every tremor it excites in any one planet B > a a 1 is immediately transmitted to the farthest INTRODUCTION Page.
... throughout the wide extent of creation , and is the cause of the disturbances , as well as of the order of nature ; since every tremor it excites in any one planet B > a a 1 is immediately transmitted to the farthest INTRODUCTION Page.
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a a 1 is immediately transmitted to the farthest limits of the system , in oscillations which correspond in their periods with the cause producing them , like sympathetic notes in music , or vibrations from the deep tones of an organ .
a a 1 is immediately transmitted to the farthest limits of the system , in oscillations which correspond in their periods with the cause producing them , like sympathetic notes in music , or vibrations from the deep tones of an organ .
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It was at one time attributed to the resistance of an ethereal medium pervading space , and at another to the successive transmission of the gravitating force . But , as La Place proved that neither of these causes , even if they exist ...
It was at one time attributed to the resistance of an ethereal medium pervading space , and at another to the successive transmission of the gravitating force . But , as La Place proved that neither of these causes , even if they exist ...
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The oscillations of the pendulums were compared with an astronomical clock at each station , and the time was instantaneously transmitted from one to the other bý a telegraphic wire . The oscillations were observed for more than 100 ...
The oscillations of the pendulums were compared with an astronomical clock at each station , and the time was instantaneously transmitted from one to the other bý a telegraphic wire . The oscillations were observed for more than 100 ...
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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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