Nature, Volume 54Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1896 - Electronic journals |
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... recorded , 229 ; Distortion of the Earth's Surface , 256 ; Seismo- logical Observations , 352 ; on his Seismological Observations during the Year n the Isle of Wight , 587 Milton's " Paradise Lost , " the . Astronomy of Supplement to ...
... recorded , 229 ; Distortion of the Earth's Surface , 256 ; Seismo- logical Observations , 352 ; on his Seismological Observations during the Year n the Isle of Wight , 587 Milton's " Paradise Lost , " the . Astronomy of Supplement to ...
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... recording the Transits of Stars by Photo- graphy " ( Roy . Astron . Soc . , 1889 ) ; " A New Photographic Photometer for Determining the Magnitudes " ( ibid . , 1892 ) ; " On the Radiation of Heat from Sun Spots " ( Proc . Roy . Soc ...
... recording the Transits of Stars by Photo- graphy " ( Roy . Astron . Soc . , 1889 ) ; " A New Photographic Photometer for Determining the Magnitudes " ( ibid . , 1892 ) ; " On the Radiation of Heat from Sun Spots " ( Proc . Roy . Soc ...
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... recorded as occurring during January alone . The most interesting is an after - shock , on the 24th ult . , of the great earthquakes of April 20 and 27 , 1894 , showing a still further . displacement of the epicentre towards the W.N.W. ...
... recorded as occurring during January alone . The most interesting is an after - shock , on the 24th ult . , of the great earthquakes of April 20 and 27 , 1894 , showing a still further . displacement of the epicentre towards the W.N.W. ...
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... recorded on a slowly - moving photographic plate . The nerve , it should be said , is enclosed in a moist chamber , and rests on two pairs of electrodes , those leading off to the galvanometer , and a pair of wires from an induction ...
... recorded on a slowly - moving photographic plate . The nerve , it should be said , is enclosed in a moist chamber , and rests on two pairs of electrodes , those leading off to the galvanometer , and a pair of wires from an induction ...
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... recorded , tetanisation was to be prolonged for five minutes , with the result that the succeeding variations would show an increase which would gradually sink back to the normal . In the actual experiment these anticipations were ...
... recorded , tetanisation was to be prolonged for five minutes , with the result that the succeeding variations would show an increase which would gradually sink back to the normal . In the actual experiment these anticipations were ...
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