Nature, Volume 19Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1879 - Electronic journals |
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... fact common to all varieties of corn . " The Commercial Products of the Sea ; or , Marine Con- tributions to Food , Industry , and Art . By P. L. Simmonds . With thirty - two illustrations . ( London : Griffith and Farran , 1879. ) THIS ...
... fact common to all varieties of corn . " The Commercial Products of the Sea ; or , Marine Con- tributions to Food , Industry , and Art . By P. L. Simmonds . With thirty - two illustrations . ( London : Griffith and Farran , 1879. ) THIS ...
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... fact that only a finite velocity is required to effect this result . I have therefore to suggest that by this cause the moon's atmosphere has gradually disappeared . It is probable , no doubt , that it would take a vast period of time ...
... fact that only a finite velocity is required to effect this result . I have therefore to suggest that by this cause the moon's atmosphere has gradually disappeared . It is probable , no doubt , that it would take a vast period of time ...
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... fact that it is under the direction of a chemist of repute lead to expectations of discovery resulting from the research here carried out . And as a fact discoveries of no small value have been made of late years . Besides such ...
... fact that it is under the direction of a chemist of repute lead to expectations of discovery resulting from the research here carried out . And as a fact discoveries of no small value have been made of late years . Besides such ...
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... fact is that , with an equal mean pres- sure at the two stations , the monthly mean pressure at Pallamcottah must be 0065 inches greater in January and o065 inches less in June than at Trevandrum , and that the oscillations appear ...
... fact is that , with an equal mean pres- sure at the two stations , the monthly mean pressure at Pallamcottah must be 0065 inches greater in January and o065 inches less in June than at Trevandrum , and that the oscillations appear ...
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... fact of very great importance to be deduced from the values of AT , and that is , the very great constancy of the yearly mean temperature at all the stations , in spite of the known considerable variations in the amount of rain and of ...
... fact of very great importance to be deduced from the values of AT , and that is , the very great constancy of the yearly mean temperature at all the stations , in spite of the known considerable variations in the amount of rain and of ...
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