Nature: International Journal of Science, Volumen35Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1887 |
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... means . Unless , therefore , mining engineers , or those immediately responsible for the working of collieries , can devise some satisfactory method of minimising the danger due to dust , they will be compelled before very long , in ...
... means . Unless , therefore , mining engineers , or those immediately responsible for the working of collieries , can devise some satisfactory method of minimising the danger due to dust , they will be compelled before very long , in ...
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... means of ascertaining this fact , the method would be correct . But , as it is , we must define in some way or other what we mean by greatness , and then fix the average age at which it becomes possible to distinguish an amount of ...
... means of ascertaining this fact , the method would be correct . But , as it is , we must define in some way or other what we mean by greatness , and then fix the average age at which it becomes possible to distinguish an amount of ...
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... means of temperature from Greenwich and Kew would have had real value in this inquiry if Mr. Eaton could have availed himself of observations made at these Observatories with thermometers exposed in the Steven- son screen . But , as ...
... means of temperature from Greenwich and Kew would have had real value in this inquiry if Mr. Eaton could have availed himself of observations made at these Observatories with thermometers exposed in the Steven- son screen . But , as ...
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... mean midnight , counting the hours on to 24 , is here employed . ) At Greenwich on November 7 Sun rises , 7h . 6m ... means The same discussion also shows the striking difference which exists , in October , between the temperature ...
... mean midnight , counting the hours on to 24 , is here employed . ) At Greenwich on November 7 Sun rises , 7h . 6m ... means The same discussion also shows the striking difference which exists , in October , between the temperature ...
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... means of the colours of the spectrum , by M. Stroumbo . A process is described by means of which the recomposition of white light is effected , taking as the starting - point the very colours of the spectrum , and utilising , as in ...
... means of the colours of the spectrum , by M. Stroumbo . A process is described by means of which the recomposition of white light is effected , taking as the starting - point the very colours of the spectrum , and utilising , as in ...
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Página 48 - For boarding a wreck, it is recommended to pour oil overboard to windward of her before going alongside. The...