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... PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN QUEEN'S COLLEGE , BELFAST . SECOND EDITION . London : MACMILLAN AND CO . , AND NEW YORK . 1886 . [ The right of translation and reproduction is reserved . ] Phys 440.512 HARYARD COLLEGE JUN 16 1987 ...
... PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN QUEEN'S COLLEGE , BELFAST . SECOND EDITION . London : MACMILLAN AND CO . , AND NEW YORK . 1886 . [ The right of translation and reproduction is reserved . ] Phys 440.512 HARYARD COLLEGE JUN 16 1987 ...
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... Professor Clerk Maxwell and Professor G. C. Foster , who revised the entire manu- script of the work in its original form . Great pains have been taken to make the work correct as a book of reference . Readers who may discover any ...
... Professor Clerk Maxwell and Professor G. C. Foster , who revised the entire manu- script of the work in its original form . Great pains have been taken to make the work correct as a book of reference . Readers who may discover any ...
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... Professor W. H. Miller in 1844 of the " kilogramme des Archives , " the standard of French weights , with two English pounds of platinum , and additional weights , also of platinum , the kilo- gramme is 15432-34874 grains , of which the ...
... Professor W. H. Miller in 1844 of the " kilogramme des Archives , " the standard of French weights , with two English pounds of platinum , and additional weights , also of platinum , the kilo- gramme is 15432-34874 grains , of which the ...
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... Professor James Thomson ( ' Brit . Assoc . Report , ' 1878 , p . 452 ) objects to these expressions , and proposes to substitute the following : - 66 ( change - ratio of unit of time ) 2 ° ' Change - ratio of unit of acceleration ...
... Professor James Thomson ( ' Brit . Assoc . Report , ' 1878 , p . 452 ) objects to these expressions , and proposes to substitute the following : - 66 ( change - ratio of unit of time ) 2 ° ' Change - ratio of unit of acceleration ...
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... Professor W. H. Miller , the absolute density ( in grammes per cubic centimetre ) at 4 ° is not 1 , but 1.000013 . Multiplying the above numbers by this factor , we obtain the following table of absolute den- -Hydrostatics, 38-51.
... Professor W. H. Miller , the absolute density ( in grammes per cubic centimetre ) at 4 ° is not 1 , but 1.000013 . Multiplying the above numbers by this factor , we obtain the following table of absolute den- -Hydrostatics, 38-51.
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