Nature, Volumen41Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1890 |
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... less freely through them . A flow of this fluid is an electric current . But if this is the case , anything which sets the ether in motion will produce an electric current . Now , Fizeau's experiments show that moving bodies carry the ...
... less freely through them . A flow of this fluid is an electric current . But if this is the case , anything which sets the ether in motion will produce an electric current . Now , Fizeau's experiments show that moving bodies carry the ...
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... less electric action has been the result . If while the charged ball be near the electroscope the plate of it be touched with the finger , the leaves collapse , and on removing the finger and then the charged ball they again diverge ...
... less electric action has been the result . If while the charged ball be near the electroscope the plate of it be touched with the finger , the leaves collapse , and on removing the finger and then the charged ball they again diverge ...
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... less , the environ- ment will be heated , which will result in the rise of the thermometer . The modern development is that , when a chemical compound is formed , heat is evolved and energy is lost , but if one substance , say a metal ...
... less , the environ- ment will be heated , which will result in the rise of the thermometer . The modern development is that , when a chemical compound is formed , heat is evolved and energy is lost , but if one substance , say a metal ...
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... less measure also with the Arabs . One must not therefore expect the pure racial type , especially in the coast population . The crania of the anthropological collections are too imperfectly determined in respect of their locale to be ...
... less measure also with the Arabs . One must not therefore expect the pure racial type , especially in the coast population . The crania of the anthropological collections are too imperfectly determined in respect of their locale to be ...
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... less than the height of the water barometer , a suction tube of properly adjusted shape being fitted below the turbine to carry off the water at pressure gradually increasing downwards to the atmospheric pressure . Against this are the ...
... less than the height of the water barometer , a suction tube of properly adjusted shape being fitted below the turbine to carry off the water at pressure gradually increasing downwards to the atmospheric pressure . Against this are the ...
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