Nature, Volume 94Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1915 - Electronic journals |
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... determined in Mesozoic times , and that the move- ments which formed the latest series of faults were but continuations of those which manifested them- selves in Palæozoic times . According to Mr. J. G. Medlicott , the field data showed ...
... determined in Mesozoic times , and that the move- ments which formed the latest series of faults were but continuations of those which manifested them- selves in Palæozoic times . According to Mr. J. G. Medlicott , the field data showed ...
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... determine the horse - power transmitted by the aid of an appropriate modulus . The construction of tall buildings ... determined by thermal measurements at a point . The correction for such disturbing causes is usually an important ...
... determine the horse - power transmitted by the aid of an appropriate modulus . The construction of tall buildings ... determined by thermal measurements at a point . The correction for such disturbing causes is usually an important ...
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... determined with very considerable accuracy , but other transparent substances have so far received little atten- tion , and their optical constants are not well known . The stress - strain relations of glass and nitro - cellulose have ...
... determined with very considerable accuracy , but other transparent substances have so far received little atten- tion , and their optical constants are not well known . The stress - strain relations of glass and nitro - cellulose have ...
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... determine the directions of stress from the lines of equal inclination obtained in plane polarised light , and to ... determination of the lateral strains in a com- paratively thin plate , forming part of a model of a machine or ...
... determine the directions of stress from the lines of equal inclination obtained in plane polarised light , and to ... determination of the lateral strains in a com- paratively thin plate , forming part of a model of a machine or ...
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... determine the effects of fixed and moving loads , the action of wind , the pressure and frictional effects of steam ... determined by aid of a Babinet compensator , and formed a valu- able check upon the calculations for a structure of ...
... determine the effects of fixed and moving loads , the action of wind , the pressure and frictional effects of steam ... determined by aid of a Babinet compensator , and formed a valu- able check upon the calculations for a structure of ...
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Page 43 - My first child was born on December 27th, 1839, and I at once commenced to make notes on the first dawn of the various expressions which he exhibited, for I felt convinced, even at this early period, that the most complex and fine shades of expression must all have had a gradual and natural origin.