Nature, Volume 74Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1906 - Electronic journals |
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... various natural clays and clay mixtures , as well as a theoretical discussion of the behaviour of complex mixtures of silicates ( clays and glazes ) when fired at varying temperatures up to their fusion point . All this is put forward ...
... various natural clays and clay mixtures , as well as a theoretical discussion of the behaviour of complex mixtures of silicates ( clays and glazes ) when fired at varying temperatures up to their fusion point . All this is put forward ...
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... various countries . Un- fortunately , the idea has been very imperfectly executed . In the vocabulary many of the English terms are such as no potter would use , while some few of them are nonsense ; and the figures given as to the ...
... various countries . Un- fortunately , the idea has been very imperfectly executed . In the vocabulary many of the English terms are such as no potter would use , while some few of them are nonsense ; and the figures given as to the ...
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... various parts of the world , and as such is not without its value , as it gives us a description of the races of fowls as they exist , not only in Asia , but in the various States of Europe and the United States of America . The book ...
... various parts of the world , and as such is not without its value , as it gives us a description of the races of fowls as they exist , not only in Asia , but in the various States of Europe and the United States of America . The book ...
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... various constructions and in various sets . ... Dr. F. KRANTZ , RHENISH MINERAL OFFICE , BONN - ON - RHINE , GERMANY . ESTABLISHED 1833 . Collections and Single Specimens of MINERALS , NATURAL CRYSTALS , PRECIOUS STONES , ROCKS ...
... various constructions and in various sets . ... Dr. F. KRANTZ , RHENISH MINERAL OFFICE , BONN - ON - RHINE , GERMANY . ESTABLISHED 1833 . Collections and Single Specimens of MINERALS , NATURAL CRYSTALS , PRECIOUS STONES , ROCKS ...
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... various kinds of students of archæology and ethnology . an Mr. Swanton gives literal translations of a number of Haida folk - tales obtained on the Queen Charlotte Islands , British Columbia ; this careful piece of work will be much ...
... various kinds of students of archæology and ethnology . an Mr. Swanton gives literal translations of a number of Haida folk - tales obtained on the Queen Charlotte Islands , British Columbia ; this careful piece of work will be much ...
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Page 192 - In the dietary studies made in connection with the nutrition investigations of the Office of Experiment Stations of the United States Department of Agriculture...
Page 144 - Associate of the Central Technical College, City and Guilds of London, Head of the Electrical Engineering Department, Yorkshire College, Victoria University ; and HERBERT PERKIN, MIME, Certificated Colliery Manager, Assistant Lecturer in the Mining Department of the Yorkshire College, Victoria University.
Page 86 - Rates of Chronometers on trial for Purchase by the Board of Admiralty, at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 184,0 to 1865.
Page 250 - EisenhiUtcnleute, expressed the sympathy and best wishes of the society with the undertaking. MR. FC FORTH, principal of the Municipal Technical Institute, Belfast, has sent us a copy of an interesting article on the compilation of technical students' records reprinted from the Journal of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland (vol. vi., No. 3). The system advocated of chronicling for ready reference data relative to students...
Page 53 - style is very discursive, and the book is full of smoke-room gossip and snatches of sailors' songs. It is illustrated by some good photographs, and in an appendix is a list of some shells and corals which the author collected in the Society Islands. The Wild Fauna and Flora of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Page 234 - I have given in the last two columns the number of journals which different countries take into account, and the ratio of the number of slips to the number of publications. Here again it is difficult to estimate accurately how much value is to be attached to the figures, as there is no uniformity of selection as to what should and what should not be included in the catalogue. Journals which may only very seldom contain any paper which is to be included may unduly diminish the numbers in the last...
Page 251 - Some Physical Constants of Ammonia : a Study of the Effect of Change of Temperature and Pressure on an Easily Condensible Gas.
Page 168 - ... our inland waterways, this subject has been given precedence of the other branches, and forms the main purport of this book, though the other branches are occasionally referred to. The appearance of the volume is in any case very opportune, for...
Page 236 - ... distinguished by the fact that it is the longest possible which can be traced along the land covering the earth's surface. It runs about 30° east of Greenwich, and a large portion of it passes through Africa. Owing to the great energy and enterprise of Sir David Gill, the work of measuring this arc is well in hand, though at the present moment want of funds threatens to endanger its completion. The Egyptian Survey entrusted to Captain Lyons will no doubt receive continued support, and by an...
Page 89 - The author shows that the flow of water in a given direction through a column of sand is proportional to the difference in pressure at the ends of the column, and inversely proportional to the length of the column, and is also dependent upon a factor which he terms the transmission constant of the sand.