Nature, 18. köideSir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1878 |
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... probably will , be levelled against myself , but I assure the critics that I will submit to any adverse judgment on my work that is based on scientific truth and feel grateful for the enlightenment . Whatever may be the value , or other ...
... probably will , be levelled against myself , but I assure the critics that I will submit to any adverse judgment on my work that is based on scientific truth and feel grateful for the enlightenment . Whatever may be the value , or other ...
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... probably deeper between latitudes 30 ° and 60 ° . Hence a more uniform temperature overspreads that part of our field of observation represented by the North Pacific Ocean . is reasonable to suppose that the compensatory flow of polar ...
... probably deeper between latitudes 30 ° and 60 ° . Hence a more uniform temperature overspreads that part of our field of observation represented by the North Pacific Ocean . is reasonable to suppose that the compensatory flow of polar ...
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... probably due to its narrowness when passing along the coast to latitude 35 ° . Eastward of the Gulf Stream , and over the oceanic region of uniform surface temperatures the energy of the storms decreases somewhat , and the areas of ...
... probably due to its narrowness when passing along the coast to latitude 35 ° . Eastward of the Gulf Stream , and over the oceanic region of uniform surface temperatures the energy of the storms decreases somewhat , and the areas of ...
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... probably be some- where near that of the average of the two planets on each side of it , viz . , Venus and Mars . So , taking the mean of the diameters of Venus and Mars , and supposing this to represent the diameter of the earth , he ...
... probably be some- where near that of the average of the two planets on each side of it , viz . , Venus and Mars . So , taking the mean of the diameters of Venus and Mars , and supposing this to represent the diameter of the earth , he ...
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... probably between 8 " -82 and 8 " 86 , and that the distance of the sun in miles : probably lies between the limits 92,200,000 and 92,700,000 . " This , however , it must be observed , appears to have been written before any of the ...
... probably between 8 " -82 and 8 " 86 , and that the distance of the sun in miles : probably lies between the limits 92,200,000 and 92,700,000 . " This , however , it must be observed , appears to have been written before any of the ...
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