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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... latter left it off , after having been published since 1850. The two there- fore form a continuous history of the subject for twenty- seven years . Heretofore the " Annual Record " has for the most part been composed , first , of a ...
... latter left it off , after having been published since 1850. The two there- fore form a continuous history of the subject for twenty- seven years . Heretofore the " Annual Record " has for the most part been composed , first , of a ...
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... latter , as hereto- fore , has been prepared with the assistance of Professor Gill , of Washington . SPENCER F. BAIRD . SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION , WASHINGTON , March 1 , 1878 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . PREFACE .. Page iii ASTRONOMY . iv PREFACE .
... latter , as hereto- fore , has been prepared with the assistance of Professor Gill , of Washington . SPENCER F. BAIRD . SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION , WASHINGTON , March 1 , 1878 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . PREFACE .. Page iii ASTRONOMY . iv PREFACE .
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... occasions when a satellite has been on the point of occultation it has ap- peared as if seen through the edge of the planet , as if the latter were surrounded by a transparent atmosphere laden with clouds ASTRONOMY . 21.
... occasions when a satellite has been on the point of occultation it has ap- peared as if seen through the edge of the planet , as if the latter were surrounded by a transparent atmosphere laden with clouds ASTRONOMY . 21.
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Spencer Fullerton Baird. latter were surrounded by a transparent atmosphere laden with clouds . " Dr. Meyer , in the V. J. S. of the Philosophical Society of Zurich , has an interesting résumé of the history of the dis- covery of Neptune ...
Spencer Fullerton Baird. latter were surrounded by a transparent atmosphere laden with clouds . " Dr. Meyer , in the V. J. S. of the Philosophical Society of Zurich , has an interesting résumé of the history of the dis- covery of Neptune ...
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... latter con- firms its principal conclusions from unpublished researches of his own . In a recently published pamphlet on astronomy in Rome during the pontificate of Pius IX . , Secchi gives an account of his unpublished observations on ...
... latter con- firms its principal conclusions from unpublished researches of his own . In a recently published pamphlet on astronomy in Rome during the pontificate of Pius IX . , Secchi gives an account of his unpublished observations on ...
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