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... Surface Tension , the Right Hon . Lord Rayleigh , F.R.S. , Miss Agnes Pockels , 437 ; Velocity of Evaporation of Boiling Liquids , P. de Heen , 456 ; Method of Determining Density of Liquid in Small Quantities , Dr. Haycraft , 479 ...
... Surface Tension , the Right Hon . Lord Rayleigh , F.R.S. , Miss Agnes Pockels , 437 ; Velocity of Evaporation of Boiling Liquids , P. de Heen , 456 ; Method of Determining Density of Liquid in Small Quantities , Dr. Haycraft , 479 ...
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... Surface Tension , the Right Hon . Lord Rayleigh , F.R.S. , Miss Agnes Pockels , 437 Surface Tension with Temperature , Variation of , Prof. A. L Selby , 549 Surgery , Philosophy of , Sir James Paget , 606 Surrey and Kent , Rainfall of ...
... Surface Tension , the Right Hon . Lord Rayleigh , F.R.S. , Miss Agnes Pockels , 437 Surface Tension with Temperature , Variation of , Prof. A. L Selby , 549 Surgery , Philosophy of , Sir James Paget , 606 Surrey and Kent , Rainfall of ...
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... surface of the Nautical Surveying . By the late Vice - Admiral Short- land , LL.D. ( London : Macmillan and Co. , 1890. ) THIS volume , which is published by the late Admiral's widow and children , relates chiefly to the errors to which ...
... surface of the Nautical Surveying . By the late Vice - Admiral Short- land , LL.D. ( London : Macmillan and Co. , 1890. ) THIS volume , which is published by the late Admiral's widow and children , relates chiefly to the errors to which ...
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... surface . As a rule , a region of high barometer , especially in the winter , is one of low surface temperature , while cyclones , which originate in regions of low pressure , are fed by warm southerly winds . Interpreting these facts ...
... surface . As a rule , a region of high barometer , especially in the winter , is one of low surface temperature , while cyclones , which originate in regions of low pressure , are fed by warm southerly winds . Interpreting these facts ...
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... surface . One result of this was that the cyclones of the summer half - year bring about a great cooling of the air- column of at least considerably over 3000 metres in height , and cause the greatest depressions of tem- perature that ...
... surface . One result of this was that the cyclones of the summer half - year bring about a great cooling of the air- column of at least considerably over 3000 metres in height , and cause the greatest depressions of tem- perature that ...
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