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... side the Odįša lava has penetrated into the enceinte , and a latitudinal bar of heights traverses the southern quarter . By walking over the eastern hills Mr Watts came in sight of the centre of eruption ; the aneroid stood at 25 · 05 ...
... side the Odįša lava has penetrated into the enceinte , and a latitudinal bar of heights traverses the southern quarter . By walking over the eastern hills Mr Watts came in sight of the centre of eruption ; the aneroid stood at 25 · 05 ...
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... side of the inner triangle : he could trace , through the volumes of steam , its shaft or column , and he heard the rain fall upon the rocks , bringing down with it an avalanche of stone . The Askja is not a Jökull , and only a few ...
... side of the inner triangle : he could trace , through the volumes of steam , its shaft or column , and he heard the rain fall upon the rocks , bringing down with it an avalanche of stone . The Askja is not a Jökull , and only a few ...
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... these experiments the links on the descending side of the loop were allowed to fall on a platform , so that part of Edinburgh , Session 1875-76 . 73 Experiments illustrating Rigidity produced by Centrifugal Force By John Aitken, Esq.
... these experiments the links on the descending side of the loop were allowed to fall on a platform , so that part of Edinburgh , Session 1875-76 . 73 Experiments illustrating Rigidity produced by Centrifugal Force By John Aitken, Esq.
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... side , being unba- lanced by the tension , rises from the pulley , and is shot in a direc- tion away to one side of the pulley . Of course the curved part of the chain on the other side of the pulley has also a tendency to rise , but is ...
... side , being unba- lanced by the tension , rises from the pulley , and is shot in a direc- tion away to one side of the pulley . Of course the curved part of the chain on the other side of the pulley has also a tendency to rise , but is ...
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... at the entrance of the curve , and thus flatten out the curve on that side , and after the rotation has been communicated to them , they tend to keep this rotation , and thus continue the curve at 76 Proceedings of the Royal Society.
... at the entrance of the curve , and thus flatten out the curve on that side , and after the rotation has been communicated to them , they tend to keep this rotation , and thus continue the curve at 76 Proceedings of the Royal Society.
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