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... side , into which the waves in front and the waves in the rear merged so as to form a beautiful and symmetrical pattern , the tactics of which I have not been able thoroughly to follow hitherto . The diameter of the " solid " ( that is ...
... side , into which the waves in front and the waves in the rear merged so as to form a beautiful and symmetrical pattern , the tactics of which I have not been able thoroughly to follow hitherto . The diameter of the " solid " ( that is ...
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... side , so as to cut the water at a point not sensibly dis- turbed by the motion of the vessel . The speed was de- termined by throwing into the sea pieces of paper pre- viously wetted , and observing their times of transit across ...
... side , so as to cut the water at a point not sensibly dis- turbed by the motion of the vessel . The speed was de- termined by throwing into the sea pieces of paper pre- viously wetted , and observing their times of transit across ...
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... side of the same hill receiving the solar rays with great obliquity , and radiating into space almost without ... sides of the moon , should be effected even by the shady lunar craters and contrasted hill - slopes . On the highlands of ...
... side of the same hill receiving the solar rays with great obliquity , and radiating into space almost without ... sides of the moon , should be effected even by the shady lunar craters and contrasted hill - slopes . On the highlands of ...
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... side of the Atlantic should be taken into consideration . The resemblance between the recent fauna of the deeper parts of the St. Lawrence , and that of the Post - pliocene deposits of Canada , does not seem very close , but our ...
... side of the Atlantic should be taken into consideration . The resemblance between the recent fauna of the deeper parts of the St. Lawrence , and that of the Post - pliocene deposits of Canada , does not seem very close , but our ...
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... side over the Association in his stead . In the autumn of 1869 , he was compelled by illness to resign his position of Chancellor of the Washington University of St. Louis , and in December last died at the age of fifty years , leaving ...
... side over the Association in his stead . In the autumn of 1869 , he was compelled by illness to resign his position of Chancellor of the Washington University of St. Louis , and in December last died at the age of fifty years , leaving ...
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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<!