Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Volume 61J. Murray, 1892 - Science |
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... surface from immense depths . Schuster has shown that oxygen , even in a partially exhausted tube , can give a continuous spec- trum when excited by a feeble electric discharge . Compound bodies are usually distinguished by a banded ...
... surface from immense depths . Schuster has shown that oxygen , even in a partially exhausted tube , can give a continuous spec- trum when excited by a feeble electric discharge . Compound bodies are usually distinguished by a banded ...
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... a conclusive research on this point , by availing themselves of the dust of excessive minuteness thrown off from the surface of electrodes of various metals and meteorites by a disruptive discharge , and carried 10 REPORT - 1891 .
... a conclusive research on this point , by availing themselves of the dust of excessive minuteness thrown off from the surface of electrodes of various metals and meteorites by a disruptive discharge , and carried 10 REPORT - 1891 .
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... surface the convection currents would be strong , producing a considerable commotion , by which the different gases would be mixed and not allowed to retain the inequality of proportions at different levels due to their vapour densities ...
... surface the convection currents would be strong , producing a considerable commotion , by which the different gases would be mixed and not allowed to retain the inequality of proportions at different levels due to their vapour densities ...
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... surface , if determined solely by expansion , must be ex- tremely rapid . The gases here , however , are exposed to the fierce radiation of the sun , and unless wholly transparent would take up heat , especially if any solid or liquid ...
... surface , if determined solely by expansion , must be ex- tremely rapid . The gases here , however , are exposed to the fierce radiation of the sun , and unless wholly transparent would take up heat , especially if any solid or liquid ...
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... surface adapted fully to his wants . The modern silver - bromide gelatine plate , except for its grained texture , meets the needs of the astronomer at all points . It possesses extreme sensitiveness ; it is always ready for use ; it ...
... surface adapted fully to his wants . The modern silver - bromide gelatine plate , except for its grained texture , meets the needs of the astronomer at all points . It possesses extreme sensitiveness ; it is always ready for use ; it ...
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Page xi - To give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry, — to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate Science in different parts of the British Empire, with one another, and with foreign philosophers, — to obtain a more general attention to the objects of Science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.
Page xiii - If it should be inconvenient to the Author that his paper should be read on any particular days, he is requested to send information thereof to the Secretaries in a separate note.
Page xiii - Committee may also hold such preliminary meetings as the President of the Committee thinks expedient, but shall, under any circumstances, meet on the first Wednesday of the Annual Meeting, at 11 AM, to...
Page 569 - Workmen's Associations should be so organized and governed as to furnish the best and most suitable means for attaining what is aimed at, that is to say, for helping each individual member to better his condition to the utmost in body, mind, and property.
Page xiii - Committees for the several Sections before the beginning of the Meeting. It has therefore become necessary, in order to give an opportunity to the Committees of doing justice to the several Communications, that each Author should prepare an Abstract of his Memoir, of a length suitable for insertion in the published Transactions of the Association, and...
Page 145 - Then insert the cork and zinc rod, passing the glass tube through the hole prepared for it. Push the cork gently down until its lower surface is nearly in contact with the liquid. The air will thus be nearly all expelled, and the cell should be left in this condition for at least...
Page 142 - As a unit of resistance, the international ohm, which is based upon the ohm equal to 10" units of resistance of the CGS system of electromagnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice, 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area and of the length of 106.3 centimetres.
Page 695 - ... the main body of movement depends on the deep silent strong stream of the tendencies of normal distribution and exchange; which 'are not seen', but which control the course of those episodes which 'are seen'.
Page 582 - HULL— COAL FIELDS of GREAT BRITAIN ; their History, Structure, and Resources ; with Notices of the Coal Fields of other parts of the World. By EDWARD HULL, MA, FRS, Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland, Professor of Geology in the Royal College of Science, Dublin, &c.
Page 758 - ... dissolved. Conjugal fidelity till death is not the exception but the rule, and matrimonial differences, which occur but rarely, are easily settled with or without the intervention of friends. One of the most striking features of their social relations is the marked equality and affection which exist between husband and wife, and the consideration and respect with which women are treated might, with advantage, be emulated by certain classes in our own land.