Nature, Volume 27Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1883 - Electronic journals |
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... regards habitat , these trees grow on all kinds of soil , not specially on that which exudes carbonic acid gas , but the tree - like species prefers barren and rocky ground . In consequence of this superstition , the country around one ...
... regards habitat , these trees grow on all kinds of soil , not specially on that which exudes carbonic acid gas , but the tree - like species prefers barren and rocky ground . In consequence of this superstition , the country around one ...
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... thickness of the rings , their position in the structure , and the modulus of elasticity of the material , and it is only by a due regard to these elements of the problem that the advantages of the hoop Nov. 2 , 1882 ] 13 NATURE.
... thickness of the rings , their position in the structure , and the modulus of elasticity of the material , and it is only by a due regard to these elements of the problem that the advantages of the hoop Nov. 2 , 1882 ] 13 NATURE.
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... regard to calculation , without regard to the peculiar idiosyncracy of the iron , and without regard to the temperature from which the shrinking is made ( and such is pretty much the case at Woolwich ) , it is no wonder that they split ...
... regard to calculation , without regard to the peculiar idiosyncracy of the iron , and without regard to the temperature from which the shrinking is made ( and such is pretty much the case at Woolwich ) , it is no wonder that they split ...
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... regard to electrical units it was resolved that at present there is not a sufficient concord of view to enable the numerical value of the " ohm " in the mercurial column to be definitely fixed , and that all governments be appealed to ...
... regard to electrical units it was resolved that at present there is not a sufficient concord of view to enable the numerical value of the " ohm " in the mercurial column to be definitely fixed , and that all governments be appealed to ...
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... regard for their own good name . The law is faithfully executed and public spirit prompts to efforts for the general good . He is struck by the magnificence of Calcutta and its great public works . On the subject of taxes , he says ...
... regard for their own good name . The law is faithfully executed and public spirit prompts to efforts for the general good . He is struck by the magnificence of Calcutta and its great public works . On the subject of taxes , he says ...
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Page 224 - Our readers possibly may smile at our ignorance ; but we care not, so that the sincerity and truth of our statement be not suspected. The Tree of the Ten Thousand Images seemed to us of great age. Its trunk, which three men could scarcely embrace with outstretched arms, is not more than eight feet high; the branches, instead of shooting up, spread out in the shape of a plume of feathers, and are extremely bushy; few of them are dead. The leaves are always green, and the wood, which is of a reddish...
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