The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... direction of which , and of the winds , rarely violent in this region , does not favour inter - migration . Many of the islands are yet but imperfectly known . p . For more detailed information the following works may be con- sulted ...
... direction of which , and of the winds , rarely violent in this region , does not favour inter - migration . Many of the islands are yet but imperfectly known . p . For more detailed information the following works may be con- sulted ...
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... direction may be mentioned the Tambre , the Ulla , and the Lerez or Ler , which fall into the Atlantic by estuaries or rias called respectively Ria Muros y Noya , Ria Arosa , and Ria Pontevedra . The rivers of the northern versant ...
... direction may be mentioned the Tambre , the Ulla , and the Lerez or Ler , which fall into the Atlantic by estuaries or rias called respectively Ria Muros y Noya , Ria Arosa , and Ria Pontevedra . The rivers of the northern versant ...
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... direction of his new instrument to the heavens formed an era in the history of astronomy . Discoveries followed upon it with astound- ing rapidity and in bewildering variety . The Sidereus Nuncius , published at Venice in the early part ...
... direction of his new instrument to the heavens formed an era in the history of astronomy . Discoveries followed upon it with astound- ing rapidity and in bewildering variety . The Sidereus Nuncius , published at Venice in the early part ...
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... direction in which they are seen . left notable traces of its working . He studied the proper- The explanation , however , of this phenomenon is equally ties of the cycloid , and attempted the problem of its consistent with the ...
... direction in which they are seen . left notable traces of its working . He studied the proper- The explanation , however , of this phenomenon is equally ties of the cycloid , and attempted the problem of its consistent with the ...
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... direction of the magnetic axis does not alter . In the second place the induced magnetism is less in hard than in soft steel , though not so much less as some writers would lead us to suppose . The best way of avoiding induced magnetism ...
... direction of the magnetic axis does not alter . In the second place the induced magnetism is less in hard than in soft steel , though not so much less as some writers would lead us to suppose . The best way of avoiding induced magnetism ...
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