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... referred to that " none of them are Coniferæ . " The Rata , " that wonderful vegetable production forming it- self out of numberless vines , " & c . , is referable to some species of Metrosideros . M. robusta A. Cunn , and M. florida Sm ...
... referred to that " none of them are Coniferæ . " The Rata , " that wonderful vegetable production forming it- self out of numberless vines , " & c . , is referable to some species of Metrosideros . M. robusta A. Cunn , and M. florida Sm ...
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... referred to the same Committee . MR . G. M. SEA BROKE , the Temple Observer at Rugby , states , in a letter to the Times , for the information of those who possess telescopes of moderate aperture , that Encke's comet is now within their ...
... referred to the same Committee . MR . G. M. SEA BROKE , the Temple Observer at Rugby , states , in a letter to the Times , for the information of those who possess telescopes of moderate aperture , that Encke's comet is now within their ...
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... to the Philosophical Maga- zine a catalogue of more than a hundred bright lines in the spec- trum of the chromosphere , in which the observed lines are referred to the scales of Kirchhoff's and of Angström's maps . Nov. 9 , 1871 ] 31 ...
... to the Philosophical Maga- zine a catalogue of more than a hundred bright lines in the spec- trum of the chromosphere , in which the observed lines are referred to the scales of Kirchhoff's and of Angström's maps . Nov. 9 , 1871 ] 31 ...
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... referred especially to the scientific results of the eclipse of last winter , and the prepara- tions making in Australia for observing the eclipse of next month , to Prof. Heis's observations on the correspondence of auroral phenomena ...
... referred especially to the scientific results of the eclipse of last winter , and the prepara- tions making in Australia for observing the eclipse of next month , to Prof. Heis's observations on the correspondence of auroral phenomena ...
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... referred to has been properly stated . This blunder is extremely common , it arises from enunciating as a property of forces what is really the definition of a rigid body . On page 112 we find the following passage : - 1. When the ...
... referred to has been properly stated . This blunder is extremely common , it arises from enunciating as a property of forces what is really the definition of a rigid body . On page 112 we find the following passage : - 1. When the ...
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Página 180 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Página 15 - Champlain, the Green Mountains of Vermont, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The...
Página 245 - Anatomy as a compendious, reliable, and, notwithstanding its small dimensions, most comprehensive guide on the subject of which it treats. To praise or to criticise the work of so accomplished a master of his favorite science would be equally out of place. It is enough to say that It realizes, in a remarkable degree, the anticipations which have been formed of it; and that it presents an extraordinary combination of wide, general views, with the clear, accurate, and succinct statement of a prodigious...
Página 310 - PRIZE." 2. That this Prize be adjudged once in three years. 3. That it be adjudged for the best original memoir, invention or discovery, in connexion with Mathematico-physical or Mathematico-experimental science that may have been published during the three years immediately preceding...
Página 209 - The Royal College of Physicians of London ; The Royal College of Surgeons of England; The Apothecaries...
Página 182 - The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By its heat are produced all winds, and those disturbances in the electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to those of terrestrial magnetism and the aurora.
Página 137 - In that paper it was demonstrated experimentally, that the mechanical power exerted in turning a magneto-electric machine is converted into the heat evolved by the passage of the currents of induction through its coils; and, on the other hand, that the motive power of the electro-magnetic engine is obtained at the expense of the heat, due to the chemical reaction of the battery by which it is worked.
Página 137 - On the Calorific Effects of Magneto-Electricity, and on the Mechanical Value of Heat.
Página 13 - Mining Tools. A MANUAL OF MINING TOOLS. For the Use of Mine Managers, Agents, Students, &c. By WILLIAM MORGANS, Lecturer on Practical Mining at the Bristol School of Mines.
Página 107 - Andrews' curved lines are to be placed with their planes parallel to one another, and separated by intervals proportional to the differences of the temperatures to which the curves severally belong, and with the origins of coordinates of the curves situated in a straight line perpendicular to their planes, and with th<!