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... Means of Ionised Gases , Charles Nordmann , 263 ; Higher - Text - book of Magnetism and Electricity , Dr. R. Wallace Stewart , 270 ; Reversal of Charge from Electrical Induction Machines , V. Schaffers , 274 ; the Construction of Simple ...
... Means of Ionised Gases , Charles Nordmann , 263 ; Higher - Text - book of Magnetism and Electricity , Dr. R. Wallace Stewart , 270 ; Reversal of Charge from Electrical Induction Machines , V. Schaffers , 274 ; the Construction of Simple ...
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... means . These means have been computed for 160 stations having long records of twenty years , more or less , and are fully given and explained in my Introduction to the Study of South African Rainfall . " The information from which they ...
... means . These means have been computed for 160 stations having long records of twenty years , more or less , and are fully given and explained in my Introduction to the Study of South African Rainfall . " The information from which they ...
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... means are better representatives of normal or average conditions than ten years ' means . It depends entirely upon whether the ten years may or may not be accepted as representing the normal conditions , and whether the additional ten ...
... means are better representatives of normal or average conditions than ten years ' means . It depends entirely upon whether the ten years may or may not be accepted as representing the normal conditions , and whether the additional ten ...
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... means of inland trans- port , necessitating the frequent crossing of the river by railway bridges . Formerly a certain amount of relief to the floods was afforded by the water flowing through the numerous crevasses or breaches of the ...
... means of inland trans- port , necessitating the frequent crossing of the river by railway bridges . Formerly a certain amount of relief to the floods was afforded by the water flowing through the numerous crevasses or breaches of the ...
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... means of the theory of elasticity , and describes experimental tests in verification of his theory . The present investigation shows not only that the existing theory is unsatisfactory , both theoretically and practically , but that ...
... means of the theory of elasticity , and describes experimental tests in verification of his theory . The present investigation shows not only that the existing theory is unsatisfactory , both theoretically and practically , but that ...
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