Nature, Volume 11Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1874 - Electronic journals |
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Page 28
... temperature and pressure . Light , he said , travelled 135,000 miles per second . He probably mistook an 8 for a 3 in the book from which he obtained his information . The velocity of sound in water , he said , had been determined by an ...
... temperature and pressure . Light , he said , travelled 135,000 miles per second . He probably mistook an 8 for a 3 in the book from which he obtained his information . The velocity of sound in water , he said , had been determined by an ...
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... temperature of 35 ° 7 , the same temperature being obtained at 1,300 fathoms . The same phenomenon occurred for some distance , leading to the conclusion that a valley exists at the place , surrounded by a ridge . Several new specimens ...
... temperature of 35 ° 7 , the same temperature being obtained at 1,300 fathoms . The same phenomenon occurred for some distance , leading to the conclusion that a valley exists at the place , surrounded by a ridge . Several new specimens ...
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... temperature of the lower strata , it is quite conceivable that the lower air may be heated faster than it can get away ( if I may be allowed a somewhat loose expression ) ; so that , although there is a perpetual diffusion going on ...
... temperature of the lower strata , it is quite conceivable that the lower air may be heated faster than it can get away ( if I may be allowed a somewhat loose expression ) ; so that , although there is a perpetual diffusion going on ...
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... temperature , so that there is an increase upwards , instead of a decrease , this change will favour the downward bending of rays , which will , accordingly , be exaggerated ; for the lower air , being not only under greater pressure ...
... temperature , so that there is an increase upwards , instead of a decrease , this change will favour the downward bending of rays , which will , accordingly , be exaggerated ; for the lower air , being not only under greater pressure ...
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... temperature of o ° C. The polishing of the bars , as well as the cutting of the defining lines , the position of which must necessarily be the result of the most precise comparisons with the primary standard metre , are both entrusted ...
... temperature of o ° C. The polishing of the bars , as well as the cutting of the defining lines , the position of which must necessarily be the result of the most precise comparisons with the primary standard metre , are both entrusted ...
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