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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... witness as ye bear to me , Time , day , night , sun , stars , life , death , air , sea , earth . ' SWINBURNE . LONDON : LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . 1871 . RAH PUBLIC LIBRARY 163205 ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS . LIGHT SCIENCE FOR.
... witness as ye bear to me , Time , day , night , sun , stars , life , death , air , sea , earth . ' SWINBURNE . LONDON : LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . 1871 . RAH PUBLIC LIBRARY 163205 ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS . LIGHT SCIENCE FOR.
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Richard Anthony Proctor. CONTENTS . STRANGE DISCOVERIES RESPECTING THE AURORA . PAGE 1 THE EARTH A MAGNET 21 OUR CHIEF TIMEPIECE LOSING TIME 37 ENCKE , THE ASTRONOMER 53 VENUS ON THE SUN'S FACE 56 RECENT SOLAR RESEARCHES 79 GOVERNMENT ...
Richard Anthony Proctor. CONTENTS . STRANGE DISCOVERIES RESPECTING THE AURORA . PAGE 1 THE EARTH A MAGNET 21 OUR CHIEF TIMEPIECE LOSING TIME 37 ENCKE , THE ASTRONOMER 53 VENUS ON THE SUN'S FACE 56 RECENT SOLAR RESEARCHES 79 GOVERNMENT ...
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... witness as ye bear to me , Time , day , night , sun , stars , life , death , air , sea , earth . ' SWINBURNE . LONDON : LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . 1871 . RAH 163205 PREFACE . THE ESSAYS in the present volume have LIGHT SCIENCE FOR.
... witness as ye bear to me , Time , day , night , sun , stars , life , death , air , sea , earth . ' SWINBURNE . LONDON : LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . 1871 . RAH 163205 PREFACE . THE ESSAYS in the present volume have LIGHT SCIENCE FOR.
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Richard Anthony Proctor. CONTENTS . STRANGE DISCOVERIES RESPECTING THE AURORA . THE EARTH A MAGNET OUR CHIEF TIMEPIECE LOSING TIME ENCKE , THE ASTRONOMER VENUS ON THE SUN'S FACE RECENT SOLAR RESEARCHES PAGE 1 21 37 53 56 79 GOVERNMENT ...
Richard Anthony Proctor. CONTENTS . STRANGE DISCOVERIES RESPECTING THE AURORA . THE EARTH A MAGNET OUR CHIEF TIMEPIECE LOSING TIME ENCKE , THE ASTRONOMER VENUS ON THE SUN'S FACE RECENT SOLAR RESEARCHES PAGE 1 21 37 53 56 79 GOVERNMENT ...
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... earth must be simultaneously disturbed ; and secondly , the auroral streamers which wave across the skies of one country must move synchronously with those which are visible in the skies of another country , even though thousands of ...
... earth must be simultaneously disturbed ; and secondly , the auroral streamers which wave across the skies of one country must move synchronously with those which are visible in the skies of another country , even though thousands of ...
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