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... . ON THE USE OF OBSERVATIONS OF TERRESTRIAL TEMPERATURE FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF ABSOLUTE DATES IN GEOLOGY 173 175 [ From Brit . Assoc . Rep . 1855. Part 2. ] ART . LXXXVIII . ON THE ELECTRIC QUALITIES OF MAGNETIZED CONTENTS . ix.
... . ON THE USE OF OBSERVATIONS OF TERRESTRIAL TEMPERATURE FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF ABSOLUTE DATES IN GEOLOGY 173 175 [ From Brit . Assoc . Rep . 1855. Part 2. ] ART . LXXXVIII . ON THE ELECTRIC QUALITIES OF MAGNETIZED CONTENTS . ix.
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... observation , has emitted hundreds of times as much mechanical energy as that of the motions of all the known planets taken together . The energy , that of light and radiant heat , thus emitted , is dissipated always more and more ...
... observation , has emitted hundreds of times as much mechanical energy as that of the motions of all the known planets taken together . The energy , that of light and radiant heat , thus emitted , is dissipated always more and more ...
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... observations , or 40,000 years to grow 1 " , which would be utterly insensible by any kind of observation ( that of eclipses included ) unassisted by powerful telescopes . We may be confident , then , that the gradual augmentation of ...
... observations , or 40,000 years to grow 1 " , which would be utterly insensible by any kind of observation ( that of eclipses included ) unassisted by powerful telescopes . We may be confident , then , that the gradual augmentation of ...
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... observed in the Sun's disc are probably due to eddies which must be continually produced throughout the atmosphere of intense resistance between his surface ( which at the equator revolves only at the rate of 1.3 miles per second ) and ...
... observed in the Sun's disc are probably due to eddies which must be continually produced throughout the atmosphere of intense resistance between his surface ( which at the equator revolves only at the rate of 1.3 miles per second ) and ...
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... observation . The rate of acceleration ( which for many thousands of years past and to come must remain sensibly ... observations on the apparent motions of the dark spots may demonstrate this variation ; but as some of the most accurate ...
... observation . The rate of acceleration ( which for many thousands of years past and to come must remain sensibly ... observations on the apparent motions of the dark spots may demonstrate this variation ; but as some of the most accurate ...
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