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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... mass , the numerous smaller ceci- domyidous larvæ in its outer part being mere inquilines . In many instances the lodgers are not of the same order of insects as the gall - makers . Some saw - flies , for example , are inquilinous in ...
... mass , the numerous smaller ceci- domyidous larvæ in its outer part being mere inquilines . In many instances the lodgers are not of the same order of insects as the gall - makers . Some saw - flies , for example , are inquilinous in ...
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... masses of copper surrounding the magnet . This is carried to the extreme in Wiedemann's tangent galvanometer , where the needle is ring - shaped , and swings in a ring - shaped cavity not much larger than itself , in the heart of a mass ...
... masses of copper surrounding the magnet . This is carried to the extreme in Wiedemann's tangent galvanometer , where the needle is ring - shaped , and swings in a ring - shaped cavity not much larger than itself , in the heart of a mass ...
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... mass of the earth , = Μ a +26 + V = C M M a22 + V . a 3V Απδα As far as we know , u is always a very small quantity , and we have with sufficient approximation u = where & is the mean density of the earth . Thus we have the disturb ...
... mass of the earth , = Μ a +26 + V = C M M a22 + V . a 3V Απδα As far as we know , u is always a very small quantity , and we have with sufficient approximation u = where & is the mean density of the earth . Thus we have the disturb ...
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... mass must have been gaseous or fluid . Since that time the earth has been cooling and contracting , but still retains a high resi- dual temperature in its interior . This original condition , and the internal heat of the earth , must be ...
... mass must have been gaseous or fluid . Since that time the earth has been cooling and contracting , but still retains a high resi- dual temperature in its interior . This original condition , and the internal heat of the earth , must be ...
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... mass . And if we compare the densities of the various planets , they certainly seem to support this sugges- tion . These densities are shown in the following table , that of the earth being taken as the unit : - Density of the Sun ...
... mass . And if we compare the densities of the various planets , they certainly seem to support this sugges- tion . These densities are shown in the following table , that of the earth being taken as the unit : - Density of the Sun ...
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