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A New Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism: (Read Before the New-York Lyceum of ... - Page 38
by Samuel Lytler Metcalfe - 1833 - 158 pages
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The Christian Observer, Volume 31

1832 - 852 pages
...in the frequency of their recurrence which affects us with the sense of the diversity of colour — that, for instance, in acquiring the sensation of...and eighty-two millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times ; and of violet, seven hundred...
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The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1

1831 - 336 pages
...difference in the frequency of their recurrence which affects us with the sense of the diversity of color ; that, for instance, in acquiring the sensation of...and eighty-two millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times ; and of violet, seven hundred...
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The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1

1831 - 336 pages
...difference in the frequency of their recurrence which affects us with the sense of the diversity of color; that, for instance, in acquiring the sensation of redness, our eyes are affected four hundred ancl eighty-two millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions...
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 5

1831 - 472 pages
...difference In the frequency of their recurrence which affects us with the sense of the diversity of colour ; that, for instance, in acquiring the sensation of redness our eyes are affected 482 trillions of millions of times; of yellowness, 542 millions of millions of times ; and of violet,...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 17

1831 - 472 pages
...difference in the frequency of their recurrence which affects us with the sense of the diversity of colour ; that, for instance, in acquiring the sensation of redness our eyes are affected 4Я2 millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, 542 millions of millions of times ; and of violet,...
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 5

1831 - 484 pages
...difference in the frequency of their recurrence which affects us with the sense of the diversity of colour ; that, for instance, in acquiring the sensation of redness our eyes are effected 482 imllirms of millions of times; of yellowness, 642 millions of millions of times ; and...
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The Christian Advocate, Volume 9

1831 - 644 pages
...their recurrence which affects us with the sense of the diversity of colour — that, for instance, acquiring the sensation of redness, our eyes are affected four hundred and eighty. two millions of millions of times; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions...
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The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural ..., Volume 2

Edward Mammatt - 1835 - 472 pages
...difference in the frequency of their recurrence which affects us with the sense of the diversity of colour ; that, for instance, in acquiring the sensation of...and eighty-two millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times ; and of violet, seven hundred...
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The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural ..., Volume 2

Edward Mammatt - 1835 - 470 pages
...difference in the frequency of their recurrence which affects us with the sense of the diversity of colour ; that, for instance, in acquiring the sensation of...and eighty-two millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times ; and of violet, seven hundred...
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The Young Man's Sunday Book: A Practical Exhibition of Doctrines, Duties ...

1835 - 334 pages
...in the frequency of their recurrence, which affects us with the sense of the diversity of colour ; that, for instance, in acquiring the sensation of redness, our eyes are affected 482 millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, 542 millions of millions of times ; and of violet,...
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