Nature, Volumen41Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1890 |
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... means of wresting fresh secrets from Nature . Science has become more than ever cosmopolitan , owing chiefly to the imperative necessity for an early agreement as to the values of various units for a com- mon nomenclature , and for ...
... means of wresting fresh secrets from Nature . Science has become more than ever cosmopolitan , owing chiefly to the imperative necessity for an early agreement as to the values of various units for a com- mon nomenclature , and for ...
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... mean of a set of observations ( presumed to be equally good ) re'ating to a single quantity , M. Bertrand does not dwell on the argument that the probability - curve -with which the arithmetic mean is specially corre- lated - is apt to ...
... mean of a set of observations ( presumed to be equally good ) re'ating to a single quantity , M. Bertrand does not dwell on the argument that the probability - curve -with which the arithmetic mean is specially corre- lated - is apt to ...
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... means of a graduated object - carrier until it is again dark . The angle through which the carrier has been rotated is a measure of the angular inclination of the planes of vibration to the edges of the crystal . When convergent ...
... means of a graduated object - carrier until it is again dark . The angle through which the carrier has been rotated is a measure of the angular inclination of the planes of vibration to the edges of the crystal . When convergent ...
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... means such an unfolding of the faculties as shall put the mind into the widest and most effective relation with the entire world of things - spiritual and material , there is an exquisite absurdity in the time- honoured method . To ...
... means such an unfolding of the faculties as shall put the mind into the widest and most effective relation with the entire world of things - spiritual and material , there is an exquisite absurdity in the time- honoured method . To ...
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... means . Conversation through this length of line , of over three miles , was exceedingly easy ; indeed , so powerfully was the voice transmitted , that an ordinary hat sufficed for all the purposes of the second instrument , without ...
... means . Conversation through this length of line , of over three miles , was exceedingly easy ; indeed , so powerfully was the voice transmitted , that an ordinary hat sufficed for all the purposes of the second instrument , without ...
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