Annual Record of Science and Industry, 7. köideSpencer Fullerton Baird Harper & Brothers, 1878 Annual record for 1874-78 contains "Select works on science published during 1874-78." |
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... journals of the day . With the rapid increase in the num- ber of such papers , it has been found impossible to com- press the abstracts in the limits necessarily assigned to the annual volume ; and it has therefore been concluded to ...
... journals of the day . With the rapid increase in the num- ber of such papers , it has been found impossible to com- press the abstracts in the limits necessarily assigned to the annual volume ; and it has therefore been concluded to ...
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... Journal on the proper motion of the Trifid Nebula . From the older observations of the two Herschels it fol- lows that- 1. From 1784 , July 12 , to 1833 , the triple star Sh . 379 was centrally situated between the three nebulosities ...
... Journal on the proper motion of the Trifid Nebula . From the older observations of the two Herschels it fol- lows that- 1. From 1784 , July 12 , to 1833 , the triple star Sh . 379 was centrally situated between the three nebulosities ...
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... published in Gould's Astronom ical Journal . Dr. Schmidt , of Athens , communicates to the Astronomische Nachrichten a long series of variable star observations made in 1876 . A new work of 113 pages quarto on the photometry ASTRONOMY . 5.
... published in Gould's Astronom ical Journal . Dr. Schmidt , of Athens , communicates to the Astronomische Nachrichten a long series of variable star observations made in 1876 . A new work of 113 pages quarto on the photometry ASTRONOMY . 5.
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... Journal of Science and Arts , Dr. Henry Draper , of New York City , announces the discovery , by means of spectroscopic photography , of Oxygen in the solar atmosphere ; and he brings the evidence to the eye by printing from his ...
... Journal of Science and Arts , Dr. Henry Draper , of New York City , announces the discovery , by means of spectroscopic photography , of Oxygen in the solar atmosphere ; and he brings the evidence to the eye by printing from his ...
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... Journal for May , 1877. It has the capital advantage over the Bain system that the clock may run either fast or slow without affecting the control . It suffices to control a clock whose rate is ± 2 minutes daily . It appears to be a ...
... Journal for May , 1877. It has the capital advantage over the Bain system that the clock may run either fast or slow without affecting the control . It suffices to control a clock whose rate is ± 2 minutes daily . It appears to be a ...
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