Light Science for Leisure Hours, a Series of Familiar Essays on Scientific Subjects Natural Phenomena EtcLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 316 páginas |
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... destructive . * ( From Chambers's Journal , October 12 , 1867. ) * In the Quarterly Journal of Science for October 1866 , a more detailed but somewhat less popular account of the subject of the above paper is presented . A few months ...
... destructive . * ( From Chambers's Journal , October 12 , 1867. ) * In the Quarterly Journal of Science for October 1866 , a more detailed but somewhat less popular account of the subject of the above paper is presented . A few months ...
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... destructivé powers . The fires of Vesuvius , the earth - throes of the sub - equatorial Andes , and the submarine disturbance which has shaken Hawaii , have presented to us the various forms of destructive action which the earth's ...
... destructivé powers . The fires of Vesuvius , the earth - throes of the sub - equatorial Andes , and the submarine disturbance which has shaken Hawaii , have presented to us the various forms of destructive action which the earth's ...
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... destructive rushes of water which sweep away whole villages at once . It is , in fact , the capacity of the Swiss mountain region for damming up water , far more than any other circumstance , which renders the Swiss floods so destructive ...
... destructive rushes of water which sweep away whole villages at once . It is , in fact , the capacity of the Swiss mountain region for damming up water , far more than any other circumstance , which renders the Swiss floods so destructive ...
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... destructive floods which have occurred in Switzerland have usually been those which take place in early summer . The floods which inundated the plains of Martigny in 1818 were a remarkable instance of the effects which result from the ...
... destructive floods which have occurred in Switzerland have usually been those which take place in early summer . The floods which inundated the plains of Martigny in 1818 were a remarkable instance of the effects which result from the ...
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... destructive . Such are - in order of destructiveness - the hurricane , the earthquake , the volcano , and the thunderstorm . When we read of earthquakes such as those which overthrew Lisbon , Callao , and Riobamba , and learn that one ...
... destructive . Such are - in order of destructiveness - the hurricane , the earthquake , the volcano , and the thunderstorm . When we read of earthquakes such as those which overthrew Lisbon , Callao , and Riobamba , and learn that one ...
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