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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... 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 omit them entirely , and , by an ...
... 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 omit them entirely , and , by an ...
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... increase of brilliancy which brought the star above the seventh magnitude again , in October , 1866 , an in- crease of a full magnitude ; but since that time the changes have been much smaller , and are now but little more than a tenth ...
... increase of brilliancy which brought the star above the seventh magnitude again , in October , 1866 , an in- crease of a full magnitude ; but since that time the changes have been much smaller , and are now but little more than a tenth ...
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... increased , these dark lines , after growing for a time more intense , would then by degrees fade away , and when the quantity of the gas had become sufficiently great , would be replaced by bright ones . But on this hy- pothesis it is ...
... increased , these dark lines , after growing for a time more intense , would then by degrees fade away , and when the quantity of the gas had become sufficiently great , would be replaced by bright ones . But on this hy- pothesis it is ...
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... and , second , the effect upon these advantages of increasing the size . He gives the considerations which indicate in 28 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY . INSTRUMENTS AND OBSERVATORIES ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS.
... and , second , the effect upon these advantages of increasing the size . He gives the considerations which indicate in 28 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY . INSTRUMENTS AND OBSERVATORIES ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS.
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... increase is 1 ° Fahr . for every sixty feet of descent . The very delicate and exact and convenient method of observing temperatures at points underground , or otherwise of difficult access , by means of the so - called electro ...
... increase is 1 ° Fahr . for every sixty feet of descent . The very delicate and exact and convenient method of observing temperatures at points underground , or otherwise of difficult access , by means of the so - called electro ...
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