The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 13. köideA. and C. Black, 1861 |
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... upper part of the Ebro valley , is of good quality , somewhat re- sembling Burgundy , and would probably find favour in Eng- land if better known ; it can be purchased at about 1s . per gallon . The people seemed physically a fine race ...
... upper part of the Ebro valley , is of good quality , somewhat re- sembling Burgundy , and would probably find favour in Eng- land if better known ; it can be purchased at about 1s . per gallon . The people seemed physically a fine race ...
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... upper clothes , which were of wool , wore no marks of fire , but the linen he had under them was burned ; and when he was un- dressed , it was found that the skin and flesh of his right side were consumed to the very bone . [ ! ] . His ...
... upper clothes , which were of wool , wore no marks of fire , but the linen he had under them was burned ; and when he was un- dressed , it was found that the skin and flesh of his right side were consumed to the very bone . [ ! ] . His ...
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... upper part ; when exposed to the cold of night ( which was as low as 6 ° R. ) , there was a considerable deposit of dew within the bottle . On the next day , when the bottle shared in the warmth of the returning sun , the whole of the ...
... upper part ; when exposed to the cold of night ( which was as low as 6 ° R. ) , there was a considerable deposit of dew within the bottle . On the next day , when the bottle shared in the warmth of the returning sun , the whole of the ...
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... upper one , the difference increasing rapidly ' till sunset , and averaging as much as 2 ° Réaumur , and even more , as long as twilight lasted . This difference continued up to eleven o'clock at night , and apparently until sunrise ...
... upper one , the difference increasing rapidly ' till sunset , and averaging as much as 2 ° Réaumur , and even more , as long as twilight lasted . This difference continued up to eleven o'clock at night , and apparently until sunrise ...
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... upper station on some nights considerably warmer than the lower one ; and , on searching for the cause of this difference , I found it to proceed from a refrigeration which takes place on the surface of the ground in the evening and ...
... upper station on some nights considerably warmer than the lower one ; and , on searching for the cause of this difference , I found it to proceed from a refrigeration which takes place on the surface of the ground in the evening and ...
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