Nature, Volume 41Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1890 - Electronic journals |
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... gives v = 2 9903 x 1010 centimetres per second ; the latter , 29815 × 1010 centimetres . It seems certain ... give the impulses about the middle of the stroke , the fork is arranged to make - and break the primary circuit of a ...
... gives v = 2 9903 x 1010 centimetres per second ; the latter , 29815 × 1010 centimetres . It seems certain ... give the impulses about the middle of the stroke , the fork is arranged to make - and break the primary circuit of a ...
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... give a spark inch long hetween two other brass bail- each of which was 1 inch in diameter . The knob of the was next brought to the ball on the end of the glass tube ; the discharge readily passed over the 7 inches of the electrite ...
... give a spark inch long hetween two other brass bail- each of which was 1 inch in diameter . The knob of the was next brought to the ball on the end of the glass tube ; the discharge readily passed over the 7 inches of the electrite ...
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... give a spark about 13 inches long over the excited glass tube ; it was at once seen that the length of the spark over the excited glass tube , increases faster than the mtensity of the charge of the Leyden - jar . Of course the law ...
... give a spark about 13 inches long over the excited glass tube ; it was at once seen that the length of the spark over the excited glass tube , increases faster than the mtensity of the charge of the Leyden - jar . Of course the law ...
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... give him reasons for the belief that it has not existed from the beginning of all things , but is a naturally manufactured product ; to drive him to rummage brook , river , pond , and sea , the whole field of outdoor nature , in hopes ...
... give him reasons for the belief that it has not existed from the beginning of all things , but is a naturally manufactured product ; to drive him to rummage brook , river , pond , and sea , the whole field of outdoor nature , in hopes ...
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... give the pro- Is minence which it deserves to the conception of horizontal thrust and compression , and very few readers would is realize , from the few words devoted to them , the sur- prising character of the thrust - planes of the ...
... give the pro- Is minence which it deserves to the conception of horizontal thrust and compression , and very few readers would is realize , from the few words devoted to them , the sur- prising character of the thrust - planes of the ...
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