The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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Page 106
... surface of the earth may be heard at equal dis- tances as distinctly by a person in a floating balloon as by one situated on the surface itself ; whereas any noise origi- nating in the balloon would be heard at the surface as faintly as ...
... surface of the earth may be heard at equal dis- tances as distinctly by a person in a floating balloon as by one situated on the surface itself ; whereas any noise origi- nating in the balloon would be heard at the surface as faintly as ...
Page 113
... surface , will be thrown off the ventral segments to the nodal lines , which will thus be rendered manifest to the eye , forming what are termed Chladni's figures . As in the case of a musical string , so here we find that the pitch of ...
... surface , will be thrown off the ventral segments to the nodal lines , which will thus be rendered manifest to the eye , forming what are termed Chladni's figures . As in the case of a musical string , so here we find that the pitch of ...
Page 131
... surface are undoubtedly much more similar to coryinform Hydrozoa than they are to any Actinozoon . But it is to be observed , firstly , that we have no sufficient knowledge of the intimate structure of the polypes thus figured ; and ...
... surface are undoubtedly much more similar to coryinform Hydrozoa than they are to any Actinozoon . But it is to be observed , firstly , that we have no sufficient knowledge of the intimate structure of the polypes thus figured ; and ...
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... surface of another with which it has been brought into contact . It is to be distinguished from cohesion , which is the mutual attraction that the particles of the same body exert on each other ; and it differs from chemical attraction ...
... surface of another with which it has been brought into contact . It is to be distinguished from cohesion , which is the mutual attraction that the particles of the same body exert on each other ; and it differs from chemical attraction ...
Page 187
... surface , would tend to consolidate rather than to break the metal . Of course this assumed the ball to be absolutely spherical , a state of affairs as impossible as indifferent equi- librium actually is . He proposed to exhaust the air ...
... surface , would tend to consolidate rather than to break the metal . Of course this assumed the ball to be absolutely spherical , a state of affairs as impossible as indifferent equi- librium actually is . He proposed to exhaust the air ...
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