Nature, Volume 19Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1879 - Electronic journals |
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... increase the at times the mortality of Croydon proper is considerably manurial value of the sewage ; ( 2 ) to obviate the incon- increased by an impure water supply , and from the lower venience attending the purification of a large and ...
... increase the at times the mortality of Croydon proper is considerably manurial value of the sewage ; ( 2 ) to obviate the incon- increased by an impure water supply , and from the lower venience attending the purification of a large and ...
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... increasing oscillation of temperature which holds within certain limits for different places does not hold at the ... increased by o ° 6 F. ( height 193 feet ) as an approximate reduction to the height of the other stations . The Madras ...
... increasing oscillation of temperature which holds within certain limits for different places does not hold at the ... increased by o ° 6 F. ( height 193 feet ) as an approximate reduction to the height of the other stations . The Madras ...
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... increase in the eruption . Two fresh shocks of earthquake are reported from Buir ( Rhenish Prussia ) , of which the first was felt for many miles around . It occurred on October 24 , at 12.30 A.M. , and the second one on the same date ...
... increase in the eruption . Two fresh shocks of earthquake are reported from Buir ( Rhenish Prussia ) , of which the first was felt for many miles around . It occurred on October 24 , at 12.30 A.M. , and the second one on the same date ...
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... increases with the distance from the observer till objects become invisible at the distance of three or four miles up ... increase temporarily the dip of the light , and thus during haze and fogs to direct the strongest beam to a point ...
... increases with the distance from the observer till objects become invisible at the distance of three or four miles up ... increase temporarily the dip of the light , and thus during haze and fogs to direct the strongest beam to a point ...
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... increase the power of the light nearer the shore . would have precisely the opposite effect upon the portions which Those who have been close to a lighthouse on a hazy night must pass through the totally reflecting prisms placed above ...
... increase the power of the light nearer the shore . would have precisely the opposite effect upon the portions which Those who have been close to a lighthouse on a hazy night must pass through the totally reflecting prisms placed above ...
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