The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... earth , and eventually of the figure and dimensions of the earth . This last , indeed , may be the sole object in view , as was the case in the operations conducted in Peru and in Lapland by the celebrated French astronomers Bouguer ...
... earth , and eventually of the figure and dimensions of the earth . This last , indeed , may be the sole object in view , as was the case in the operations conducted in Peru and in Lapland by the celebrated French astronomers Bouguer ...
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... Earth's Surface . In considering the effect of unequal distribution of matter in the earth's crust on the form of the surface , we may simplify the matter by disregarding the considerations of rotation and excentricity . In the first ...
... Earth's Surface . In considering the effect of unequal distribution of matter in the earth's crust on the form of the surface , we may simplify the matter by disregarding the considerations of rotation and excentricity . In the first ...
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... earth , the term being derived from two Greek words yῆ , the earth , and γράφω , to write . By means of geography the surface of the earth is delineated and described , boundaries are defined , areas are exactly measured , and the ...
... earth , the term being derived from two Greek words yῆ , the earth , and γράφω , to write . By means of geography the surface of the earth is delineated and described , boundaries are defined , areas are exactly measured , and the ...
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... earth . Let m ( fig . 1 ) be a point on the top of a mountain ; hnk a portion of the earth's surface ; mnv a line drawn from m towards the centre of the earth ; mha tangent from m to the spheri- cal surface ; and ml a horizontal line ...
... earth . Let m ( fig . 1 ) be a point on the top of a mountain ; hnk a portion of the earth's surface ; mnv a line drawn from m towards the centre of the earth ; mha tangent from m to the spheri- cal surface ; and ml a horizontal line ...
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... earth's rotation actually visible . The poles of the earth are the points in which the axis of rotation , or of figure , meet the surface ; and the equator is the circle in which the surface is intersected by a plane through the earth's ...
... earth's rotation actually visible . The poles of the earth are the points in which the axis of rotation , or of figure , meet the surface ; and the equator is the circle in which the surface is intersected by a plane through the earth's ...
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