Nature, Volume 19Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1879 - Electronic journals |
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... whole series of observations at each station . I possess at present unfortunately only an incomplete series for Trevandrum and the variations for 1841-48 , and for 1853-64 are those from the means for each of these series of years , the ...
... whole series of observations at each station . I possess at present unfortunately only an incomplete series for Trevandrum and the variations for 1841-48 , and for 1853-64 are those from the means for each of these series of years , the ...
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... whole light coming from both lens and prisms , taken at Mr. Chance's valuation of 70 and 30 respectively , will be reduced to only about 2 per cent . , while the sea near the shore will be more powerfully illuminated than at present ...
... whole light coming from both lens and prisms , taken at Mr. Chance's valuation of 70 and 30 respectively , will be reduced to only about 2 per cent . , while the sea near the shore will be more powerfully illuminated than at present ...
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... whole length would have been about 12 inches . 2. A fragment comprising a large part of a humerus ; nearly the whole of the articular facet is preserved , its longest diameter measuring 2.38 inches , thus indicating a large species like ...
... whole length would have been about 12 inches . 2. A fragment comprising a large part of a humerus ; nearly the whole of the articular facet is preserved , its longest diameter measuring 2.38 inches , thus indicating a large species like ...
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... whole controversy about the connection of Indian famines with the sun - spot period is of course familiar to all readers of NATURE . Now if we may assume Dr. Hunter's famine theory to be true there is little difficulty in explain- ing ...
... whole controversy about the connection of Indian famines with the sun - spot period is of course familiar to all readers of NATURE . Now if we may assume Dr. Hunter's famine theory to be true there is little difficulty in explain- ing ...
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... whole , Afghanistan may be regarded as a moun- tainous table - land . It is the eastern half of the table- land of Iran , of which Persia occupies the western half . On the eastern side , towards Sind , the table - land sinks into what ...
... whole , Afghanistan may be regarded as a moun- tainous table - land . It is the eastern half of the table- land of Iran , of which Persia occupies the western half . On the eastern side , towards Sind , the table - land sinks into what ...
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