The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... cent of the stations ; but in winter the percentage is only 61. In the southern hemisphere the same relation is observed in the summer and winter months , thus showing that in the summer of both hemispheres the influence of the sun ...
... cent of the stations ; but in winter the percentage is only 61. In the southern hemisphere the same relation is observed in the summer and winter months , thus showing that in the summer of both hemispheres the influence of the sun ...
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... cent . of oxygen . The results obtained by Cavendish , though not attended to for many years after they were published , have been shown by recent and more refined analyses to be wonderfully exact . The most recent analyses of specimens ...
... cent . of oxygen . The results obtained by Cavendish , though not attended to for many years after they were published , have been shown by recent and more refined analyses to be wonderfully exact . The most recent analyses of specimens ...
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... cent . of we do not know how far the barometric pressure is an oxygen , rest on the authority of Dr Angus Smith , who has indication of the mass of air in the column vertically over given much attention to this subject : -Sea - shore of ...
... cent . of we do not know how far the barometric pressure is an oxygen , rest on the authority of Dr Angus Smith , who has indication of the mass of air in the column vertically over given much attention to this subject : -Sea - shore of ...
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... cent . within a few hours , by the effect of hot dry winds . But this is com- pensated by an access of moisture upon a change of wind . The annual average rainfall at Melbourne , which for thirty years is stated at 25-66 inches , does ...
... cent . within a few hours , by the effect of hot dry winds . But this is com- pensated by an access of moisture upon a change of wind . The annual average rainfall at Melbourne , which for thirty years is stated at 25-66 inches , does ...
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... cent . of its entire length . of the Carpathian mountains are generally covered with Where it enters it is 898 feet above the level of the sea , forests to a considerable height . and where it leaves only 132 feet . It has thus a fall ...
... cent . of its entire length . of the Carpathian mountains are generally covered with Where it enters it is 898 feet above the level of the sea , forests to a considerable height . and where it leaves only 132 feet . It has thus a fall ...
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