The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... motion , a diminution of elasticity follows , and the pressure falls to the afternoon minimum . From this point the temperature declines , a system of descending currents set in , and the air of the lowermost stratum The relative ...
... motion , a diminution of elasticity follows , and the pressure falls to the afternoon minimum . From this point the temperature declines , a system of descending currents set in , and the air of the lowermost stratum The relative ...
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... motion of the air inwards upon the space of lowest pressure , the motion being contrary to that of the hands of a watch . It will be observed that the winds blow in conformity with what is known as Buys - Ballot's " Law of the Winds ...
... motion of the air inwards upon the space of lowest pressure , the motion being contrary to that of the hands of a watch . It will be observed that the winds blow in conformity with what is known as Buys - Ballot's " Law of the Winds ...
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... motions of their ultimate constituents , and the question of the existence of atoms has once more become conspicuous among scientific inquiries . We shall begin by stating the opposing doctrines of atoms and of continuity before giving ...
... motions of their ultimate constituents , and the question of the existence of atoms has once more become conspicuous among scientific inquiries . We shall begin by stating the opposing doctrines of atoms and of continuity before giving ...
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... motion , with a native power of thought which has probably never been surpassed . Their actual knowledge , however , and their scientific experience were necessarily limited , because in their days the records of human thought were only ...
... motion , with a native power of thought which has probably never been surpassed . Their actual knowledge , however , and their scientific experience were necessarily limited , because in their days the records of human thought were only ...
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... motion of its parts ( Principia , ii . 23 ) . Descartes's own attempts to deduce the different qualities and actions of bodies in this way are not of much value . More than a century was required to invent methods of investigating the ...
... motion of its parts ( Principia , ii . 23 ) . Descartes's own attempts to deduce the different qualities and actions of bodies in this way are not of much value . More than a century was required to invent methods of investigating the ...
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