Nature, Volume 95Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1915 - Electronic journals |
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... cent , i.e. about 20 per cent . at 100 ° C. The vapour pressure of radium D the atomic 360 weight of which is 210 should be about e T times less than that of ordinary lead , that is , 2-6 times less at 100 ° C. Another posible test ...
... cent , i.e. about 20 per cent . at 100 ° C. The vapour pressure of radium D the atomic 360 weight of which is 210 should be about e T times less than that of ordinary lead , that is , 2-6 times less at 100 ° C. Another posible test ...
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... cent . of the weight of the engine and tender is carried on the driving wheels . The boiler is 8 ft . diameter at the smoke - box and 9 ft . diameter at the dome . A Schmidt superheater having 1584 sq . ft . of surface is fitted , and ...
... cent . of the weight of the engine and tender is carried on the driving wheels . The boiler is 8 ft . diameter at the smoke - box and 9 ft . diameter at the dome . A Schmidt superheater having 1584 sq . ft . of surface is fitted , and ...
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... cent . of the weight of the muscle . The specific gravity falls correspondingly . This pheno- menon may be noticed from fifteen minutes after the stimulation ceases to six hours . After sixteen hours the cedema has passed off . Physical ...
... cent . of the weight of the muscle . The specific gravity falls correspondingly . This pheno- menon may be noticed from fifteen minutes after the stimulation ceases to six hours . After sixteen hours the cedema has passed off . Physical ...
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... cent . of the average . In Ireland the rainfall was 152 per cent . of the average , and in Scotland 131 per cent . The greatest excess of rain occurred in the south - east of England , where the measurement , 17.19 in . , was 248 per cent ...
... cent . of the average . In Ireland the rainfall was 152 per cent . of the average , and in Scotland 131 per cent . The greatest excess of rain occurred in the south - east of England , where the measurement , 17.19 in . , was 248 per cent ...
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... cent . Much inconvenience has been experienced also in the shortage of artificial drugs and consequent high prices , more especially at the beginning of the war , as even the simplest of these products were almost exclusively made in ...
... cent . Much inconvenience has been experienced also in the shortage of artificial drugs and consequent high prices , more especially at the beginning of the war , as even the simplest of these products were almost exclusively made in ...
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