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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... solution as ever . Experiments on the electro - static capacity of glass did not bear out Maxwell's conclusion as to the relation be- tween the refractive index for long waves , the electro - static capacity , and the magnetic ...
... solution as ever . Experiments on the electro - static capacity of glass did not bear out Maxwell's conclusion as to the relation be- tween the refractive index for long waves , the electro - static capacity , and the magnetic ...
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... Solutions of Laplace's Tidal Equation for certain Special Types of Oscillation . " WAVES . Forel , of Morges , on the north shore of Lake Geneva , has from the study of the self - recording tide - gauge of large scale shown that the ...
... Solutions of Laplace's Tidal Equation for certain Special Types of Oscillation . " WAVES . Forel , of Morges , on the north shore of Lake Geneva , has from the study of the self - recording tide - gauge of large scale shown that the ...
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... solution . For fine soils there seems no limit to the height to which water will eventually attain . The capillary action takes place downwards very nearly the same as upwards . The capacity of the soil when saturated by capillary ...
... solution . For fine soils there seems no limit to the height to which water will eventually attain . The capillary action takes place downwards very nearly the same as upwards . The capacity of the soil when saturated by capillary ...
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... solution of gutta - percha in benzene , be used in place of oil , the appearances presented recall re- markably those of sun spots . If , however , the more viscous liquid be below , as , for example , oil and alcohol , the upper layer ...
... solution of gutta - percha in benzene , be used in place of oil , the appearances presented recall re- markably those of sun spots . If , however , the more viscous liquid be below , as , for example , oil and alcohol , the upper layer ...
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... solution of lithium chloride in a shallow basin , acidulated it with hydrochloric acid , and dropped in fragments of white marble . The effervescence carried off the lithium particles , and colored strongly the flame of a Bunsen burner ...
... solution of lithium chloride in a shallow basin , acidulated it with hydrochloric acid , and dropped in fragments of white marble . The effervescence carried off the lithium particles , and colored strongly the flame of a Bunsen burner ...
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