The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 6. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1878 |
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... flows down the slopes and accumulates on the low - lying ground at their base . It follows , therefore , that places ... flow like rivers in their beds . Since the place of these air - currents must be taken by others , it follows that ...
... flows down the slopes and accumulates on the low - lying ground at their base . It follows , therefore , that places ... flow like rivers in their beds . Since the place of these air - currents must be taken by others , it follows that ...
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... flow down to the sea , and the surface - water being thereby cooled sinks to lower depths . In the same manner no inconsiderable portion of the cold produced by radiation in all latitudes over the surface of the ocean and land adjoining ...
... flow down to the sea , and the surface - water being thereby cooled sinks to lower depths . In the same manner no inconsiderable portion of the cold produced by radiation in all latitudes over the surface of the ocean and land adjoining ...
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... flows , being poured constantly into the tubular axis , which revolves on a pivot . The resistance of the air to the water issuing from the holes drives the mill round , and there are means of regulating it . Another plan is to connect ...
... flows , being poured constantly into the tubular axis , which revolves on a pivot . The resistance of the air to the water issuing from the holes drives the mill round , and there are means of regulating it . Another plan is to connect ...
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... flow of the water determined the time very inaccurately ; but the water is merely the weight , flowing from a tap into a hollow hori- zontal axis , and thence by branches into buckets , which empty themselves as they pass the lowest ...
... flow of the water determined the time very inaccurately ; but the water is merely the weight , flowing from a tap into a hollow hori- zontal axis , and thence by branches into buckets , which empty themselves as they pass the lowest ...
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... flows first in a northerly direction , with a slight inclina- tion eastward as far as Biggar , where , in time of floods , a junction is sometimes established with the system of the Tweed by means of the Biggar Water . After uniting ...
... flows first in a northerly direction , with a slight inclina- tion eastward as far as Biggar , where , in time of floods , a junction is sometimes established with the system of the Tweed by means of the Biggar Water . After uniting ...
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