The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science

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Taylor & Francis, 1875
 

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Page 187 - An Essay on the application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism...
Page 160 - Introduction to Experimental Physics, Theoretical and Practical ; including Directions for Constructing Physical Apparatus and for Making Experiments.
Page 33 - I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : But now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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Page 73 - By W. Topley, Esq., FGS, Geological Survey of England. The author referred to many instances in which beds have unequal development, being much thicker in some places than in others ; and the main object of his paper was to show that such thickening and thinning of beds has an important effect in producing the apparent dip of overlying beds.
Page 479 - Cyrena fluminalls occurs in them. The author regards them as deposits from a great expanse of fresh water kept back by a barrier of polar ice descending far towards the south. In its greatest extension this ice-barrier would produce the crushing of the bed-rock ; and as it retreated, the water coming down from the higher ground in the south would cover a continually increasing surface. 4. " On the Microscopic Structure and Composition of British Carboniferous Dolerites.
Page 480 - ... proportions, just as is known to be the case in imperfectly fused slags. He maintains that there is an absolute identity of composition, structure, and mode of occurrence in these eruptive rocks of very widely separated geological periods, and that therefore they should be placed in one group. 5. " Additional Remarks on Boulders, with a particular reference to a group of very large and far-travelled erratics in Llanarmon parish, Denbighshire.

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