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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... CAMBRIDGE ROWING STYLES . 271 BETTING ON HORSE RACES ; OR THE STATE OF THE ODDS . 276 SQUARING THE CIRCLE 290 A NEW THEORY OF ACHILLES ' SHIELD 299 LIGHT SCIENCE FOR LEISURE HOURS . STRANGE DISCOVERIES RESPECTING THE viii CONTENTS .
... CAMBRIDGE ROWING STYLES . 271 BETTING ON HORSE RACES ; OR THE STATE OF THE ODDS . 276 SQUARING THE CIRCLE 290 A NEW THEORY OF ACHILLES ' SHIELD 299 LIGHT SCIENCE FOR LEISURE HOURS . STRANGE DISCOVERIES RESPECTING THE viii CONTENTS .
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... horses and waggons full of merchandise . It is stated , that on the three routes upwards of eighty persons perished . In the village of Loderio alone , no less than fifty deaths occurred . So terrible a flood has not taken place since ...
... horses and waggons full of merchandise . It is stated , that on the three routes upwards of eighty persons perished . In the village of Loderio alone , no less than fifty deaths occurred . So terrible a flood has not taken place since ...
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... horse ' affair indeed , because the winds had not been consulted , and exerted their influence against the astronomers . A long succession of winds blowing off - shore would re- duce a spring tide to a height scarcely exceeding the ...
... horse ' affair indeed , because the winds had not been consulted , and exerted their influence against the astronomers . A long succession of winds blowing off - shore would re- duce a spring tide to a height scarcely exceeding the ...
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... horse - shoe currents . ' So far as we are aware , there is but one other current which presents both these peculiarities , namely — the great Australian current between New Zealand and the eastern shores of Australia . We have not yet ...
... horse - shoe currents . ' So far as we are aware , there is but one other current which presents both these peculiarities , namely — the great Australian current between New Zealand and the eastern shores of Australia . We have not yet ...
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... HORSE RACES ; OR , THE STATE OF THE ODDS . THERE appears every day in the newspapers an ac- count of the betting on the principal forthcoming races . The betting on such races as the Two Thousand Guineas , the Derby , and the Oaks ...
... HORSE RACES ; OR , THE STATE OF THE ODDS . THERE appears every day in the newspapers an ac- count of the betting on the principal forthcoming races . The betting on such races as the Two Thousand Guineas , the Derby , and the Oaks ...
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