Nature, Volume 19Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1879 - Electronic journals |
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... less dense at present than at one time , for anything we can say to the contrary . It would seem a curious fact to note in con- nection with this that there would be apparently grounds for inferring that the constitution or composition ...
... less dense at present than at one time , for anything we can say to the contrary . It would seem a curious fact to note in con- nection with this that there would be apparently grounds for inferring that the constitution or composition ...
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... less durable and more costly pâte - tendre as a body on which to paint . A new method for decorating porcelain where gold alone is employed has been invented by M. Réjoux . Formerly , when porcelain was decorated with gilding alone ...
... less durable and more costly pâte - tendre as a body on which to paint . A new method for decorating porcelain where gold alone is employed has been invented by M. Réjoux . Formerly , when porcelain was decorated with gilding alone ...
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... less than six hours , and would have done so had not the operations been purposely delayed , which delay.was occasioned by a state of weather somewhat unfavourable to the ascension which it was proposed to make . The external dimensions ...
... less than six hours , and would have done so had not the operations been purposely delayed , which delay.was occasioned by a state of weather somewhat unfavourable to the ascension which it was proposed to make . The external dimensions ...
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... less trust- worthy than the others in any serious degree ; the Greenwich mean time for each being established , with the exception of a very few , within certainly ten seconds . Only 200 of these , the number at present thoroughly ...
... less trust- worthy than the others in any serious degree ; the Greenwich mean time for each being established , with the exception of a very few , within certainly ten seconds . Only 200 of these , the number at present thoroughly ...
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... less than five . The statement that the stability of the obelisk is sufficient to withstand a wind pressure of 80 or 90 lbs . per square foot having been made , the storm from Liverpool at once broke on it and upset people's minds , if ...
... less than five . The statement that the stability of the obelisk is sufficient to withstand a wind pressure of 80 or 90 lbs . per square foot having been made , the storm from Liverpool at once broke on it and upset people's minds , if ...
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