Nature, Volumen35Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1887 |
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... interesting details and THE HE great interest which oceanographical studies have aroused within the last few years is shown in a marked manner by the publications destined to popu- larise the notions acquired respecting this vast and ...
... interesting details and THE HE great interest which oceanographical studies have aroused within the last few years is shown in a marked manner by the publications destined to popu- larise the notions acquired respecting this vast and ...
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... interesting to state that I also saw , on July 26 at 9.30 p.m. , an aurora - like white cloud in the north - west . This cloud was very different from the well - known silver - clouds so often described in 1885 and 1886. On the 28th and ...
... interesting to state that I also saw , on July 26 at 9.30 p.m. , an aurora - like white cloud in the north - west . This cloud was very different from the well - known silver - clouds so often described in 1885 and 1886. On the 28th and ...
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... interesting and instructive monograph , Prof. Morse tells us that when he began collecting data illustrating the various methods of releasing the arrow from the bow , as practised by different races , he was animated merely by curiosity ...
... interesting and instructive monograph , Prof. Morse tells us that when he began collecting data illustrating the various methods of releasing the arrow from the bow , as practised by different races , he was animated merely by curiosity ...
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... interesting to com- pare actual mountains with theoretical mountains constructed from the equation- x - ( -- ) y = 2 e such mountains have been drawn , and are shown in Fig . 2. The values of are given in the following table . In ...
... interesting to com- pare actual mountains with theoretical mountains constructed from the equation- x - ( -- ) y = 2 e such mountains have been drawn , and are shown in Fig . 2. The values of are given in the following table . In ...
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... interesting and novel facts . ] The Enormous Loss from Ox - Warble I HAVE read Mr. John Walker's remarks on " warbles . " This is one of the many important subjects to which Miss Eleanor Ormerod has lately drawn attention . I can ...
... interesting and novel facts . ] The Enormous Loss from Ox - Warble I HAVE read Mr. John Walker's remarks on " warbles . " This is one of the many important subjects to which Miss Eleanor Ormerod has lately drawn attention . I can ...
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Página 106 - And instead of this there is not a moment of any day of our lives when nature is not producing scene after scene, picture after picture, glory after glory, and working still upon such exquisite and constant principles of the most perfect beauty that it is quite certain it is all done for us and intended for our perpetual pleasure.
Página 141 - SIR,— I have the honour to state for the information of his Excellency the Governor...
Página 63 - On free waves, ie, waves in deep water, the effect is greatest. 2. In a surf, or waves breaking on a bar, where a mass of liquid is in actual motion in shallow water, the effect of the oil is uncertain, as nothing can prevent the larger waves from breaking under such circumstances, but even here it is of some service.
Página 305 - The competition is in no way confined to members of the Society, nor to residents in Australia, but is open to all without any restriction whatever, excepting that a prize will not be awarded to a member of the Council for the time being ; neither will an award be made for a mere compilation, however meritorious in its way — the communication to be successful must be either wholly or in part the result of original observation or research on the part of the contributor. The...
Página 64 - On a bar with the ebb tide it would seem to be useless to try oil for the purpose of entering. 10. For boarding a wreck, it is recommended to pour oil overboard to windward of her before going alongside. The...
Página 92 - The perpendicular is the shortest straight line that can be drawn from a given point to a given straight line ; and...
Página 106 - God rather occupy it, who made these things, very good indeed, yet is He my good, not they. And these affect me, waking, the whole day, nor is any rest given me from them, as there is from musical, sometimes in silence, from all voices. For this queen of colours, the light, bathing all which we behold, wherever I am through the day, gliding by me in varied forms, soothes me when engaged on other things, and not observing it. And so strongly doth it entwine itself, that if it be suddenly withdrawn,...
Página 79 - For the purpose of inquiring into the rate of erosion of the sea-coasts of England and Wales, and the influence of the artificial abstraction of shingle or other material in that action.
Página 63 - In cold water, the oil being thickened by the lower temperature, and not being able to spread freely, will have its effect much reduced. This will vary with the description of oil used.
Página 64 - On a bar, with the ebb tide running, it would seem to be useless to try oil for the purpose of entering. 10. For boarding a wreck, it is recommended to pour oil overboard to windward of her before going alongside.