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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... cent . of successful predictions will hardly overbal- ance the seventy - five per cent . of failures that a careful ex- amination of the weather maps has revealed . When in 1868 the writer started the Daily Weather Bul- letin of the ...
... cent . of successful predictions will hardly overbal- ance the seventy - five per cent . of failures that a careful ex- amination of the weather maps has revealed . When in 1868 the writer started the Daily Weather Bul- letin of the ...
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... cent . Half an inch of rain fell in February - a matter of rare occurrence . With the 1st of January the weather maps published by the meteorological offices in Germany and Austria have re- ceived considerable enlargement and ...
... cent . Half an inch of rain fell in February - a matter of rare occurrence . With the 1st of January the weather maps published by the meteorological offices in Germany and Austria have re- ceived considerable enlargement and ...
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... cent .; 3.3 meters long , 10 per cent . of the heat radiated from a Leslie cube at 100 ° C. Besides these , Buff , of Giessen , has also shown that aqueous vapor is far more , and dry air far less , diathermanous than was maintained by ...
... cent .; 3.3 meters long , 10 per cent . of the heat radiated from a Leslie cube at 100 ° C. Besides these , Buff , of Giessen , has also shown that aqueous vapor is far more , and dry air far less , diathermanous than was maintained by ...
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... cent . greater than that at the surface of the ground , and for the determination of the coefficient of friction it is best to use only the relative directions of the wind and isobars . Dr. Carl Benomi , in " Der Einfluss der ...
... cent . greater than that at the surface of the ground , and for the determination of the coefficient of friction it is best to use only the relative directions of the wind and isobars . Dr. Carl Benomi , in " Der Einfluss der ...
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... cent . of the whole . He found the cirri of July and August to be at an altitude of from 22,000 to 27,000 feet ; large cumuli ( the bases ) at 6000 or 7000 feet ; rain- clouds appeared at all altitudes up to 4000 feet . K. Antolik , of ...
... cent . of the whole . He found the cirri of July and August to be at an altitude of from 22,000 to 27,000 feet ; large cumuli ( the bases ) at 6000 or 7000 feet ; rain- clouds appeared at all altitudes up to 4000 feet . K. Antolik , of ...
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