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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... studying the orbit of the asteroid Gerda , which has been observed in 1872 , 1873 , 1874 , 1876 , and 1877 , finds that the ensemble of the observations leads to corrections to the elements which are quite inad- missible . The omission ...
... studying the orbit of the asteroid Gerda , which has been observed in 1872 , 1873 , 1874 , 1876 , and 1877 , finds that the ensemble of the observations leads to corrections to the elements which are quite inad- missible . The omission ...
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... studied on every favorable occasion , and elaborate drawings representing them in their most characteristic appearances have been produced . Besides , a series of thirty - four astronomical drawings in pastel was prepared from the above ...
... studied on every favorable occasion , and elaborate drawings representing them in their most characteristic appearances have been produced . Besides , a series of thirty - four astronomical drawings in pastel was prepared from the above ...
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... studying the viscosity of the air , the diffusion of vapor , the radiation of heat , and other physical properties which require experimental inves- tigations ; that , in short , what we want is a theory to apply to what we observe in ...
... studying the viscosity of the air , the diffusion of vapor , the radiation of heat , and other physical properties which require experimental inves- tigations ; that , in short , what we want is a theory to apply to what we observe in ...
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... studying the storms of the atmosphere consists in the important order issued on Christ- mas - day , 1876 , by the Secretary of the Navy , to the effect that , wherever our vessels may be , there shall every day be made a complete ...
... studying the storms of the atmosphere consists in the important order issued on Christ- mas - day , 1876 , by the Secretary of the Navy , to the effect that , wherever our vessels may be , there shall every day be made a complete ...
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... studying the cold period of May , 1876 , in Russia , shows that it depended on the formation of baro- metrical ... studied the influence of altitude per se , while by means of small mova- ble posts he has investigated the influence ...
... studying the cold period of May , 1876 , in Russia , shows that it depended on the formation of baro- metrical ... studied the influence of altitude per se , while by means of small mova- ble posts he has investigated the influence ...
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