On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 98
... would have been no neap tides , and the spring tides would have been of twice the height which the action of either the sun or moon would have produced separately — a phenomenon depending upon 98 SECT . XIII . HEIGHT OF THE TIDES .
... would have been no neap tides , and the spring tides would have been of twice the height which the action of either the sun or moon would have produced separately — a phenomenon depending upon 98 SECT . XIII . HEIGHT OF THE TIDES .
Page 99
Mary Somerville. moon would have produced separately — a phenomenon depending upon the interference of the waves or ... produce a wave twice the size of either . But , if one wave precede the other by exactly half an undulation , the ...
Mary Somerville. moon would have produced separately — a phenomenon depending upon the interference of the waves or ... produce a wave twice the size of either . But , if one wave precede the other by exactly half an undulation , the ...
Page 110
... producing a compound which has no sensible property in common with its component parts except that of their combined ... produced , nor the manner in which the particles act . It is a permanent and universal law in vast numbers of unor ...
... producing a compound which has no sensible property in common with its component parts except that of their combined ... produced , nor the manner in which the particles act . It is a permanent and universal law in vast numbers of unor ...
Page 118
... produced in the best air - pumps . Indeed the decrease in density is so rapid that three - fourths of all the air ... produce a sound capable of penetrating air three thousand times more rare than that we breathe . But even these heights ...
... produced in the best air - pumps . Indeed the decrease in density is so rapid that three - fourths of all the air ... produce a sound capable of penetrating air three thousand times more rare than that we breathe . But even these heights ...
Page 128
... produced it . Waterspouts are occasioned by small whirlwinds , which always have their origin at a great distance from that part of the sea from which the spout begins to rise , where it is generally calm . The whirl is produced by two ...
... produced it . Waterspouts are occasioned by small whirlwinds , which always have their origin at a great distance from that part of the sea from which the spout begins to rise , where it is generally calm . The whirl is produced by two ...
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