Nature, Volume 47Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1893 - Science |
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... January 1 , 1893 , 288 ; the Evaporation from a Snow Surface , P. A. Müller , 301 ; Map showing Limes of Equal Magnetic Declination for January 1 , 1893 , in England and Wales , W. Ellis , 323 ; Government Meteorology in India , 323 ...
... January 1 , 1893 , 288 ; the Evaporation from a Snow Surface , P. A. Müller , 301 ; Map showing Limes of Equal Magnetic Declination for January 1 , 1893 , in England and Wales , W. Ellis , 323 ; Government Meteorology in India , 323 ...
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... January , 470 ; Observation made at Fotsdam Meteoro- logical Institute on the Recent Coldest Day in January , Prof. Sprung , 480 ; a Short Cycle in Weather , James P. Hall , 499 ; on some Meteorological Problems , Shelford Bidwell ...
... January , 470 ; Observation made at Fotsdam Meteoro- logical Institute on the Recent Coldest Day in January , Prof. Sprung , 480 ; a Short Cycle in Weather , James P. Hall , 499 ; on some Meteorological Problems , Shelford Bidwell ...
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... January and July . The mean of insolation for the whole year was found to lie at the thirtieth degrees of northerly and southerly latitude , so that the zone between these parallels , or about 60 per cent . of the whole external surface ...
... January and July . The mean of insolation for the whole year was found to lie at the thirtieth degrees of northerly and southerly latitude , so that the zone between these parallels , or about 60 per cent . of the whole external surface ...
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... January and July . The mean of insolation for the whole year was found to lie at the thirtieth degrees of northerly and southerly latitude , so that the zone between these parallels , or about 60 per cent . of the whole external surface ...
... January and July . The mean of insolation for the whole year was found to lie at the thirtieth degrees of northerly and southerly latitude , so that the zone between these parallels , or about 60 per cent . of the whole external surface ...
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... January 30 , February 6 , 13 , 20 ) ; Prof. W. Chandler Roberts - Austen , F.R.S. , loys " ( three lectures , March 6 , 13 , 20 ) ; Lewis Foreman Day , " Some Masters of Ornament " ( four lectures , April " The History A 10 , 17 , 24 ...
... January 30 , February 6 , 13 , 20 ) ; Prof. W. Chandler Roberts - Austen , F.R.S. , loys " ( three lectures , March 6 , 13 , 20 ) ; Lewis Foreman Day , " Some Masters of Ornament " ( four lectures , April " The History A 10 , 17 , 24 ...
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