Philosophical Transactions, Volumes 71-120Royal Society of London., 1775 |
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... measuring small angles with accuracy . Experiments to ascertain how far telescopes en- able us to determine small angles . Herschel . XCV , On a new property of the tangents of the three angles of a plane triangle . Garrard . XCVIII ...
... measuring small angles with accuracy . Experiments to ascertain how far telescopes en- able us to determine small angles . Herschel . XCV , On a new property of the tangents of the three angles of a plane triangle . Garrard . XCVIII ...
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... measuring an arc of the meridian near Geneva . ( Circular ) On an elementary manner of obtain- ing their serieses . - Results of the measurement of an arc on the Pictet . LXXXI . 106 L'Huilier . LXXXVI . 142 meridian . Lambton . CVIII ...
... measuring an arc of the meridian near Geneva . ( Circular ) On an elementary manner of obtain- ing their serieses . - Results of the measurement of an arc on the Pictet . LXXXI . 106 L'Huilier . LXXXVI . 142 meridian . Lambton . CVIII ...
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... if it is evol- { Allen . } XCIX . - Pepys . ved when oxygen is respired . A new substance formed by its combination with chlorine . 1 264 413 H. Davy , CIII . 1 B BAL V On horizontal refraction , and on measuring AUR 13 AZO.
... if it is evol- { Allen . } XCIX . - Pepys . ved when oxygen is respired . A new substance formed by its combination with chlorine . 1 264 413 H. Davy , CIII . 1 B BAL V On horizontal refraction , and on measuring AUR 13 AZO.
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... measuring the BAF BAFFIN'S BAY . On irregularities of the compass dur- ing the voyage of discovery in 1819. Sabine . CIX . On the dip and variation of the needle during the same voyage . On the red snow found there . Sabine . BAKERIAN ...
... measuring the BAF BAFFIN'S BAY . On irregularities of the compass dur- ing the voyage of discovery in 1819. Sabine . CIX . On the dip and variation of the needle during the same voyage . On the red snow found there . Sabine . BAKERIAN ...
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... measuring alti- tudes . On the measurement . of Snowdon by the thermometrical barometer . BARYTES . On its decomposition . F.J. H. Wollaston . CX . 295 H. Davy . XCVIII . 42 H. Davy . 339 H. Davy . C. 63 Brodie . CII . 218 H. Davy . CV ...
... measuring alti- tudes . On the measurement . of Snowdon by the thermometrical barometer . BARYTES . On its decomposition . F.J. H. Wollaston . CX . 295 H. Davy . XCVIII . 42 H. Davy . 339 H. Davy . C. 63 Brodie . CII . 218 H. Davy . CV ...
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Page 17 - Six Discourses delivered before the Royal Society at their Anniversary Meetings, on the award of the Royal and Copley Medals ; preceded by an Address to the Society on the progress and prospects of Science, by Sir Humphry Davy, Bart.
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Page 169 - An improved solution of a problem in physical astronomy : by which, swiftly converging series are obtained, which are useful in computing the perturbations of the motions of the Earth, Mars and Venus, by their mutual attraction.
Page 213 - New experimental researches on some of the leading doctrines of caloric, particularly on the relation between the elasticity, temperature, and latent heat of different vapours, and on thermometric admeasurement and capacity.
Page 82 - On a new species of Rhinoceros found in the interior of Africa, the Skull of which bears a close resemblance to that found in a fossil state in Siberia and other countries.
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