Nature, Volumen35Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1887 |
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... produced mainly during the Miocene epoch . Mount Hermon itself owes its position in a great degree to the elevation of its mass along the line of a great fault which coincides with its western base . Its beds of limestone , belonging to ...
... produced mainly during the Miocene epoch . Mount Hermon itself owes its position in a great degree to the elevation of its mass along the line of a great fault which coincides with its western base . Its beds of limestone , belonging to ...
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... produced , either from the " old wood , " meaning the wood formed in the previous season , or from the shoot of the present year's growth . A rhododendron with its flowers packed up in a " winter - bud " destined to unfold in spring ...
... produced , either from the " old wood , " meaning the wood formed in the previous season , or from the shoot of the present year's growth . A rhododendron with its flowers packed up in a " winter - bud " destined to unfold in spring ...
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... produced by subterranean volcanic magmas . These changes may be due to alterations in position , alterations in chemical constitution , and changes tlue to the acquisition or loss of heat . If such is the case , he argues , the records ...
... produced by subterranean volcanic magmas . These changes may be due to alterations in position , alterations in chemical constitution , and changes tlue to the acquisition or loss of heat . If such is the case , he argues , the records ...
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... produce an imitation of all these processes by causing , in accordance with the direc- tions of Dr. Vettin , visible ... produced thunderstorms , sleet , and hail . - Prof . von Helm- holtz described the formation of a thunderstorm ...
... produce an imitation of all these processes by causing , in accordance with the direc- tions of Dr. Vettin , visible ... produced thunderstorms , sleet , and hail . - Prof . von Helm- holtz described the formation of a thunderstorm ...
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... produced . There is no escape from this conclusion . The great truth remains that wind - friction can produce ocean - currents . " A SHOCK of earthquake of a more or less severe nature was felt at noon on November 5 at Washington ...
... produced . There is no escape from this conclusion . The great truth remains that wind - friction can produce ocean - currents . " A SHOCK of earthquake of a more or less severe nature was felt at noon on November 5 at Washington ...
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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.
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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.