The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... obtained are observed to have upon them a considerable number of pieces of rock , sometimes of a very considerable size ; and these are of course deposited on the sea - bed when the icebergs melt ( which they usually do on the borders ...
... obtained are observed to have upon them a considerable number of pieces of rock , sometimes of a very considerable size ; and these are of course deposited on the sea - bed when the icebergs melt ( which they usually do on the borders ...
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... obtaining among elastic fluids Imperfect knowledge of the relations of the formation of mixed together . While the ... obtained regarding impurities in the air of towns and other places by examining the rain collected in different ...
... obtaining among elastic fluids Imperfect knowledge of the relations of the formation of mixed together . While the ... obtained regarding impurities in the air of towns and other places by examining the rain collected in different ...
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... obtained specimens of hydrogen differing in this way from other specimens , we conclude that all the molecules of hydrogen are of sensibly the same mass , and not merely that their mean mass is a statistical constant of great stability ...
... obtained specimens of hydrogen differing in this way from other specimens , we conclude that all the molecules of hydrogen are of sensibly the same mass , and not merely that their mean mass is a statistical constant of great stability ...
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... obtained in considerable quantities from the scoriæ ; and at the present day a large amount of lead is obtained in the same way , the value of what was exported in 1869 having been £ 177,000 sterling . beral in of Having thus noticed ...
... obtained in considerable quantities from the scoriæ ; and at the present day a large amount of lead is obtained in the same way , the value of what was exported in 1869 having been £ 177,000 sterling . beral in of Having thus noticed ...
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... obtained a fellowship , and was afterwards one of the tutors of the college . He became Master of Arts in 1772 , and in 1776 was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London . In the year 1784 he ceased to reside at Cambridge , and ...
... obtained a fellowship , and was afterwards one of the tutors of the college . He became Master of Arts in 1772 , and in 1776 was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London . In the year 1784 he ceased to reside at Cambridge , and ...
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