Nature, Volume 41Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1890 - Electronic journals |
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... Theory of Heredity , 317 , 373 , 439 ; and the Theory of Panmixia , 437 Weiss ( F. Ernest ) , Foreign Substances Attached to Crabs , 272 Weldon ( W. F. R. ) , Abnormal Shoots of Ivy , 464 Wesley ( W. H. ) , the Corona of 1889 December ...
... Theory of Heredity , 317 , 373 , 439 ; and the Theory of Panmixia , 437 Weiss ( F. Ernest ) , Foreign Substances Attached to Crabs , 272 Weldon ( W. F. R. ) , Abnormal Shoots of Ivy , 464 Wesley ( W. H. ) , the Corona of 1889 December ...
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... theory , and the establishment of a con- nection between the theories of electricity and light , are perhaps the two main achievements of the years we are considering . Methods of accomplishing the at first sight impossible task of ...
... theory , and the establishment of a con- nection between the theories of electricity and light , are perhaps the two main achievements of the years we are considering . Methods of accomplishing the at first sight impossible task of ...
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... theory is complementary to the extension by Crookes , Hittorf , and Osborne Reynolds of our knowledge of phenomena which are best studied in gases of great tenuity . The gradual expansion of thermodynamics , and in general of the domain ...
... theory is complementary to the extension by Crookes , Hittorf , and Osborne Reynolds of our knowledge of phenomena which are best studied in gases of great tenuity . The gradual expansion of thermodynamics , and in general of the domain ...
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... theory of light would include the state of the luminous bodies as well as of the ether transmitting the radiations excited by them , Since matter is more amenable to experiment than the ether , it seems most probable that we shall first ...
... theory of light would include the state of the luminous bodies as well as of the ether transmitting the radiations excited by them , Since matter is more amenable to experiment than the ether , it seems most probable that we shall first ...
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... theory of light . As a matter of fact , however , the results deduced from this theory by Fitzgerald do not coincide with those observed by Dr. Kerr and Prof. Kundt . The production in an unequally - heated conductor of an electromotive ...
... theory of light . As a matter of fact , however , the results deduced from this theory by Fitzgerald do not coincide with those observed by Dr. Kerr and Prof. Kundt . The production in an unequally - heated conductor of an electromotive ...
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