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... experiment is slightly hazardous , but we resolve to try . The crater appears to narrow gradu- ally to a sort of funnel far down below , through which we expect to issue into the glacier beneath . At the sides of the funnel are rocks ...
... experiment is slightly hazardous , but we resolve to try . The crater appears to narrow gradu- ally to a sort of funnel far down below , through which we expect to issue into the glacier beneath . At the sides of the funnel are rocks ...
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... experiments on Mont Blanc . Dr. Frankland was kind enough to undertake their execution . Six candles were chosen at Chamouni , and carefully weighed . All of them were permitted to burn for one hour at the top , and were again weighed ...
... experiments on Mont Blanc . Dr. Frankland was kind enough to undertake their execution . Six candles were chosen at Chamouni , and carefully weighed . All of them were permitted to burn for one hour at the top , and were again weighed ...
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... some minds ; and to my companions the notion of spending a night at the top of Mont Blanc was passing strange . The thing had never been attempted previously , nor has the experiment 1859 ] THERMOMETRIC STATION ON MONT BLANC . 57.
... some minds ; and to my companions the notion of spending a night at the top of Mont Blanc was passing strange . The thing had never been attempted previously , nor has the experiment 1859 ] THERMOMETRIC STATION ON MONT BLANC . 57.
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John Tyndall. had never been attempted previously , nor has the experiment been repeated since . As stated at p . 17 , I made an attempt during the execrable weather of 1860 to reach the top , but was driven down after a delay of twenty ...
John Tyndall. had never been attempted previously , nor has the experiment been repeated since . As stated at p . 17 , I made an attempt during the execrable weather of 1860 to reach the top , but was driven down after a delay of twenty ...
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... Experiments made in 1849 with such a jet directed my attention to the origin of the sound of agitated water . When the smoke is projected from the lips of a tobacco- smoker , a little explosion usually occurs , which is chiefly due to ...
... Experiments made in 1849 with such a jet directed my attention to the origin of the sound of agitated water . When the smoke is projected from the lips of a tobacco- smoker , a little explosion usually occurs , which is chiefly due to ...
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