Nature, Volume 93Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1914 - Electronic journals |
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Page 392
... measures are concerned is Very small in- deed . It does not cost much to change either his weights or his measures , and I refer to measures of length as well as to those of capacity . With regard to the changing of lever machines , we ...
... measures are concerned is Very small in- deed . It does not cost much to change either his weights or his measures , and I refer to measures of length as well as to those of capacity . With regard to the changing of lever machines , we ...
Page 399
... measures should be used everywhere . Now the real requirements of such an international system are two in number . One is that the measures and weights should have the same base ratio throughout ; that means to say one pound in the ...
... measures should be used everywhere . Now the real requirements of such an international system are two in number . One is that the measures and weights should have the same base ratio throughout ; that means to say one pound in the ...
Page 445
... measures of this kind can the great expenditure on elementary education be justified and its fruits assured . Nothing short of this will enable the country to maintain its position amongst civilised nations . The remarkable industrial ...
... measures of this kind can the great expenditure on elementary education be justified and its fruits assured . Nothing short of this will enable the country to maintain its position amongst civilised nations . The remarkable industrial ...
Contents
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY at 8 An Apparently Paleolithic Drawing on | 36 |
Note on a Functional Equation | 51 |
RadioActive Elements and the Periodic Table | 121 |
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