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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... the Philosophical Society of Wash- ington a paper on the shape of the shadow of the ball of Saturn on the ring , in which mention was made of the ab- normal direction of the curvature of the bounding - line ASTRONOMY . 19.
... the Philosophical Society of Wash- ington a paper on the shape of the shadow of the ball of Saturn on the ring , in which mention was made of the ab- normal direction of the curvature of the bounding - line ASTRONOMY . 19.
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Spencer Fullerton Baird. normal direction of the curvature of the bounding - line of the shadow , it being now convex towards the ball , instead of concave . The abnormal figure of this shadow has often been noticed , and is corroborated ...
Spencer Fullerton Baird. normal direction of the curvature of the bounding - line of the shadow , it being now convex towards the ball , instead of concave . The abnormal figure of this shadow has often been noticed , and is corroborated ...
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... direction during 1877 . The recent invention of Barraud and Lund , of London , for controlling a clock by automatic or other signals is de- scribed in an advertisement in the Telegraphic Journal for May , 1877. It has the capital ...
... direction during 1877 . The recent invention of Barraud and Lund , of London , for controlling a clock by automatic or other signals is de- scribed in an advertisement in the Telegraphic Journal for May , 1877. It has the capital ...
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... Direction " of three members -Auwers , Förster , and Kirchhoff . At present there are three astronomers - Vogel , Spörer , and Lohse . The Wilna Observatory was destroyed by fire on Decem- ber 28 , 1876. In spite of strenuous efforts ...
... Direction " of three members -Auwers , Förster , and Kirchhoff . At present there are three astronomers - Vogel , Spörer , and Lohse . The Wilna Observatory was destroyed by fire on Decem- ber 28 , 1876. In spite of strenuous efforts ...
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... directions is large , and the results obtained will in the end , I think , be more valuable than measures of the recognized binaries and other familiar objects , certain to be attended to by other ob- servers . I expect to follow up ...
... directions is large , and the results obtained will in the end , I think , be more valuable than measures of the recognized binaries and other familiar objects , certain to be attended to by other ob- servers . I expect to follow up ...
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