The Quarterly Journal, Volume 7John Murray, 1819 |
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Page 11
... measurements , calculated in France , and now extant in that country , " is necessarily omitted , in con- sequence of the indistinctness of the decimals , which neither the Editor nor the Printer are capable of rendering intelligible ...
... measurements , calculated in France , and now extant in that country , " is necessarily omitted , in con- sequence of the indistinctness of the decimals , which neither the Editor nor the Printer are capable of rendering intelligible ...
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... measuring them with works designed for close inspection , and where a perfection in execution had been attended to , which adds to all the other perfections . In short , it appeared to me that the parallel should comprehend but a ...
... measuring them with works designed for close inspection , and where a perfection in execution had been attended to , which adds to all the other perfections . In short , it appeared to me that the parallel should comprehend but a ...
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... measurement to be 11,543 feet above the level of Calcutta , ( or little more than 11,650 feet above the sea , ) in a parallel of latitude where the boundary of constant congelation might , according to theory , be expected at 11,400 ...
... measurement to be 11,543 feet above the level of Calcutta , ( or little more than 11,650 feet above the sea , ) in a parallel of latitude where the boundary of constant congelation might , according to theory , be expected at 11,400 ...
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... measured 1,842 French metres , or 6,044 English feet above the sea . The line of congelation in that parallel of latitude ( 40 ° , ) has been stated from a table computed according to theory , at 7,402 feet . A considerable latitude ...
... measured 1,842 French metres , or 6,044 English feet above the sea . The line of congelation in that parallel of latitude ( 40 ° , ) has been stated from a table computed according to theory , at 7,402 feet . A considerable latitude ...
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... measurement ; or at 13,500 feet in that of 30 ° , as concluded by Captain Webb , from his observations . The former of these differs from theoretical con- clusions , about 1,750 feet , the latter about 2,000 feet . The recent barometric ...
... measurement ; or at 13,500 feet in that of 30 ° , as concluded by Captain Webb , from his observations . The former of these differs from theoretical con- clusions , about 1,750 feet , the latter about 2,000 feet . The recent barometric ...
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