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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... memoir is to aid in the reduction of the occultations observed by the various parties for longitude . In this paper is announced the discovery of an inequality in the longitude of the moon , which has a period of 27.4 days . It can be ...
... memoir is to aid in the reduction of the occultations observed by the various parties for longitude . In this paper is announced the discovery of an inequality in the longitude of the moon , which has a period of 27.4 days . It can be ...
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... memoir in which he main- tains that the abnormal temperatures observed in the arte- sian well 4000 feet deep at Sperenberg might be accounted for by vertical currents , while the average rate of increase is 1 ° Fahr . for every sixty ...
... memoir in which he main- tains that the abnormal temperatures observed in the arte- sian well 4000 feet deep at Sperenberg might be accounted for by vertical currents , while the average rate of increase is 1 ° Fahr . for every sixty ...
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... memoir is published by Wijkander on magnetic perturbations and their connection with the aurora borealis . This is mainly an historical introduction to the im- portant observations published by the Swedish expedition to Spitzbergen in ...
... memoir is published by Wijkander on magnetic perturbations and their connection with the aurora borealis . This is mainly an historical introduction to the im- portant observations published by the Swedish expedition to Spitzbergen in ...
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... memoir of Ferrel on the general circulation of the atmosphere , with accom- panying polar charts of isotherms and isobars . INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONS . The Army Signal Office , although somewhat hindered by a diminution of its quota of ...
... memoir of Ferrel on the general circulation of the atmosphere , with accom- panying polar charts of isotherms and isobars . INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONS . The Army Signal Office , although somewhat hindered by a diminution of its quota of ...
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... memoir of 1872 , on the tempera- ture of the atmosphere as deduced from purely geometrical and physical relations , and in which he successfully repro- duced the observed hourly temperatures for stations over the whole globe , has now ...
... memoir of 1872 , on the tempera- ture of the atmosphere as deduced from purely geometrical and physical relations , and in which he successfully repro- duced the observed hourly temperatures for stations over the whole globe , has now ...
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