Mathematical and Physical Papers, Volume 2University Press, 1884 - Mathematics |
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... kind of observation ( that of eclipses included ) unassisted by powerful telescopes . We may be confident , then , that the gradual augmentation of the Sun's bulk required by the meteoric theory to account for this heat , may have been ...
... kind of observation ( that of eclipses included ) unassisted by powerful telescopes . We may be confident , then , that the gradual augmentation of the Sun's bulk required by the meteoric theory to account for this heat , may have been ...
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... kind of known matter ( and no meteors reaching the earth have yet brought us decidedly new elements ) entering the Sun's atmo- sphere from space , whatever may be its chemical nature , and whatever its dynamical antecedents , could emit ...
... kind of known matter ( and no meteors reaching the earth have yet brought us decidedly new elements ) entering the Sun's atmo- sphere from space , whatever may be its chemical nature , and whatever its dynamical antecedents , could emit ...
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... kind of meteoric action now going on , has in all probability produced neither more nor less than T times the quantity of heat now emitted from the Sun in one year . All things considered , it seems not improbable that the Earth has ...
... kind of meteoric action now going on , has in all probability produced neither more nor less than T times the quantity of heat now emitted from the Sun in one year . All things considered , it seems not improbable that the Earth has ...
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... kind have led to estimates of the period of re- volution * differing from one another by as much as 8 hours , it is more probable that , unless some way be discovered for taking into account the motions of the spots themselves with ...
... kind have led to estimates of the period of re- volution * differing from one another by as much as 8 hours , it is more probable that , unless some way be discovered for taking into account the motions of the spots themselves with ...
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... kind of radiation of light or heat except a series of homogeneous circularly polarized waves , that the mechanical value of the disturbance kept up in any space is less than the product of the mass into the square of the greatest ...
... kind of radiation of light or heat except a series of homogeneous circularly polarized waves , that the mechanical value of the disturbance kept up in any space is less than the product of the mass into the square of the greatest ...
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