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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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The identity of the velocity of light , at the distance of Jupiter , and on the earth's surface , shows that its velocity is uniform ; and as light consists in the vibrations of an elastic medium or ether filling space , the uniformity ...
The identity of the velocity of light , at the distance of Jupiter , and on the earth's surface , shows that its velocity is uniform ; and as light consists in the vibrations of an elastic medium or ether filling space , the uniformity ...
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The length of the pendulum vibrating seconds of mean solar time , in the latitude of London , forms the standard of the British measure of extension . Its approximate length oscillating in vacuo at the temperature of 620 of Fahrenheit ...
The length of the pendulum vibrating seconds of mean solar time , in the latitude of London , forms the standard of the British measure of extension . Its approximate length oscillating in vacuo at the temperature of 620 of Fahrenheit ...
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... that at the time Ibn Junis made his observations at Cairo , about the year 1000 of the Christian era , the Arabs were in the habit of employing the vibrations of the pendulum in their astronomical observations as a measure of time .
... that at the time Ibn Junis made his observations at Cairo , about the year 1000 of the Christian era , the Arabs were in the habit of employing the vibrations of the pendulum in their astronomical observations as a measure of time .
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Without the air , deathlike silence would prevail through nature , for in common with all substances it has a tendency to impart vibrations to bodies in contact with it . Therefore undulations received by the air , whether it be from a ...
Without the air , deathlike silence would prevail through nature , for in common with all substances it has a tendency to impart vibrations to bodies in contact with it . Therefore undulations received by the air , whether it be from a ...
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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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