Nature, Volume 41Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1890 - Electronic journals |
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... matter must be recalled , and in doing so I must again appeal briefly to history . It is universally accepted that metals , like all elements , are composed of atoms of definite weights and volumes grouped in molecules . In order ...
... matter must be recalled , and in doing so I must again appeal briefly to history . It is universally accepted that metals , like all elements , are composed of atoms of definite weights and volumes grouped in molecules . In order ...
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... matter which will form texts for pleasant talks . and the author succeeds in keeping the attention of his little auditors by constantly appeal.ng to illustrations within their own experience . Apart from the deeper purpose running ...
... matter which will form texts for pleasant talks . and the author succeeds in keeping the attention of his little auditors by constantly appeal.ng to illustrations within their own experience . Apart from the deeper purpose running ...
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... matter by means of physiological diagrams . She also describes a little device for the comparison of verbal roots ... matters of study or those of more immediate practical utility . OUR BOOK SHELF . J. H. G. Steam - Engine Design . By ...
... matter by means of physiological diagrams . She also describes a little device for the comparison of verbal roots ... matters of study or those of more immediate practical utility . OUR BOOK SHELF . J. H. G. Steam - Engine Design . By ...
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... matter of considerable doubt ; with this instrument , how- aid of the spectroscope , we have been enabled to obtain ... matters . " This explanation , however , only aggravates the fault The importance of the work that has been done is a ...
... matter of considerable doubt ; with this instrument , how- aid of the spectroscope , we have been enabled to obtain ... matters . " This explanation , however , only aggravates the fault The importance of the work that has been done is a ...
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... matter , and to return to Pre- hypothesis . The existence of four elements between H and Li is indicate as well by the gap which exists between them as by this hyp thesis . That Fe , Co , Ni , & c . , have formulæ commencin with R , is ...
... matter , and to return to Pre- hypothesis . The existence of four elements between H and Li is indicate as well by the gap which exists between them as by this hyp thesis . That Fe , Co , Ni , & c . , have formulæ commencin with R , is ...
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Page xiv - Ganguillet (E.) and WR Kutter, a General Formula for the Uniform Flow of Water in Rivers and other Channels,
Page 39 - become included in the body which has been composed of their metamorphosed and diversely combined or confluent brethren ; so included, any derivative germ-cell or the nucleus of such may commence and repeat the same processes,