Report of the Annual MeetingJ. Murray., 1877 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 19
Page 119
... fireballs of an occasional character , some of which have given rise to a good deal of remark and scientific discussion in the public journals of the day , both from the exceptional character of brightness and from the quick re ...
... fireballs of an occasional character , some of which have given rise to a good deal of remark and scientific discussion in the public journals of the day , both from the exceptional character of brightness and from the quick re ...
Page 122
... fireball ...... 610 0 p.m. Bristol rapid . ] west of Saturn . [ Passed between and ẞ , disap- pearing close to * Aquilæ . ] In the north - west .. In the eastern sky .. 711 21 p.m. Radcliffe Obser- Brighter than Ju- Blue with red ...
... fireball ...... 610 0 p.m. Bristol rapid . ] west of Saturn . [ Passed between and ẞ , disap- pearing close to * Aquilæ . ] In the north - west .. In the eastern sky .. 711 21 p.m. Radcliffe Obser- Brighter than Ju- Blue with red ...
Page 123
... Fireball with train of scattered tracks 347 ° , + 15 ° . sparks 10 ° long . Divided in mid course into two , with flash of blue light , accompanying each other very closely to ex- tinction . Detonated . Left no streak . J.Lucas . ( See ...
... Fireball with train of scattered tracks 347 ° , + 15 ° . sparks 10 ° long . Divided in mid course into two , with flash of blue light , accompanying each other very closely to ex- tinction . Detonated . Left no streak . J.Lucas . ( See ...
Page 128
... fireball tions on the ( local time . ) Suez Canal . July 8 8 55 p.m. Iowa , U. S. , Large fireball @ = d = From 90 ° + 24 ° to 52 +31 Passed about 5 ° above , and disappeared be- hind houses in the W.N.W. and First appeared close to the ...
... fireball tions on the ( local time . ) Suez Canal . July 8 8 55 p.m. Iowa , U. S. , Large fireball @ = d = From 90 ° + 24 ° to 52 +31 Passed about 5 ° above , and disappeared be- hind houses in the W.N.W. and First appeared close to the ...
Page 129
... fireball recorded in the watch Chapelas Coulvier Gra- for meteors kept at the Ob- servatory of the Luxembourg Comptes Rendus , ' vol . lxxxii in March 1876. Mean hourly p . 924 . number of meteors for the month 2.1 ; ordinary average ...
... fireball recorded in the watch Chapelas Coulvier Gra- for meteors kept at the Ob- servatory of the Luxembourg Comptes Rendus , ' vol . lxxxii in March 1876. Mean hourly p . 924 . number of meteors for the month 2.1 ; ordinary average ...
Contents
xvii | |
xxiv | |
xxx | |
xli | |
xlvii | |
lvii | |
lxvii | |
1 | |
8 | |
19 | |
27 | |
34 | |
36 | |
43 | |
63 | |
70 | |
74 | |
95 | |
110 | |
119 | |
149 | |
165 | |
172 | |
178 | |
204 | |
211 | |
223 | |
225 | |
243 | |
266 | |
275 | |
308 | |
314 | |
12 | |
21 | |
27 | |
31 | |
35 | |
41 | |
45 | |
134 | |
142 | |
148 | |
151 | |
153 | |
163 | |
165 | |
181 | |
185 | |
186 | |
194 | |
200 | |
201 | |
206 | |
219 | |
220 | |
222 | |
226 | |
232 | |
241 | |
243 | |
245 | |
247 | |
252 | |
253 | |
254 | |
xv | |
41 | |
55 | |
61 | |
81 | |
14 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acid aconitine action alizarin amount Amphipoda animals Anomura anthracene anthraquinone appears appendages Association axis British Carboniferous centimetres cephalon coils colour Committee connexion coxæ Crustacea deposits depth diameter direction earth effect electromotive force equal existing experiments fact feet galvanometer geological Glasgow heat height homologous important inches increase investigation islands Isopoda Kent's Cavern Kew Observatory less liquid LL.D lower mass means measure meteor method miles nearly nitrogen nitrous oxide nutation observations obtained ocean Ohm's law organ orifice oxide passing pendulum pereion physiological plates portion position present pressure probably produced Prof Professor quantity R. I. Murchison Red Sandstone regard remarkable Report resistance rocks scientific Scotland screw ship somite species Speed strata surface temperature theory thickness Thomson tidal tide tion whole wire
Popular passages
Page 25 - History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Page xvii - To give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry, — to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate Science in different parts of the British Empire, with one another, and with foreign philosophers, — to obtain a more general attention to the objects of Science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind, which impede its progress.
Page 12 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Page 25 - HISTORY OF FRANCE ; from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Second Empire, 1852. By REV.
Page xx - Meeting. It has therefore become necessary, in order to give an opportunity to the Committees of doing justice to the several communications, that each Author should prepare an Abstract of his Memoir, of a length suitable for insertion in the published Transactions of the Association, and that he should send it, together with the original Memoir, by book-post, on or before September 1, addressed thus — " General Secretaries, British Association, 22 Albemarle Street, London, W.
Page 12 - STUDENT'S OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY; from the Creation to the Return of the Jews from Captivity. Maps and Woodcuts. Post 8vo. Is. 6d. NEW TESTAMENT HISTORY. With an Introduction connecting the History of the Old and New Testaments.
Page 4 - The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of "The Thirty Years
Page 2 - C.). Notices of the Historic Persons buried in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, in the Tower of London, with an account of the discovery of the supposed remains of Queen Anne Boleyn.
Page 1 - NEW TESTAMENT HISTORY. With an Introduction connecting the History of the Old and New Testaments. Maps and Woodcuts. Post 8vo. 7s. W. BLACKSTONE : a Systematic Abridgment of the Entire Commentaries. By R. MALCOLM KERB, LL.D. Post 8vo. 7».