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... length suitable for in- sertion in the published Transactions of the Association , and that he should send it , toge- ther with the original Memoir , by book - post , on or before ........ addressed thus -- " General Secretaries ...
... length suitable for in- sertion in the published Transactions of the Association , and that he should send it , toge- ther with the original Memoir , by book - post , on or before ........ addressed thus -- " General Secretaries ...
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... length . Combining the result thus obtained with what is called by astrono- mers the constant of aberration , Foucault calculated the distance of the earth from the sun , and found it to be one thirtieth part , or about 3,000,000 miles ...
... length . Combining the result thus obtained with what is called by astrono- mers the constant of aberration , Foucault calculated the distance of the earth from the sun , and found it to be one thirtieth part , or about 3,000,000 miles ...
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... length of the spark increasing nearly as the square of the number of cells , it has been calculated that with 100,000 elements of this battery the discharge should take place through a distance of no less than eight feet in air . In the ...
... length of the spark increasing nearly as the square of the number of cells , it has been calculated that with 100,000 elements of this battery the discharge should take place through a distance of no less than eight feet in air . In the ...
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... length , and especially at and near the entrance , the roof and walls have the aspect of a well - worn watercourse . A few small lateral ramifications open out of the walls , almost all of them being quite empty and well worn by the ...
... length , and especially at and near the entrance , the roof and walls have the aspect of a well - worn watercourse . A few small lateral ramifications open out of the walls , almost all of them being quite empty and well worn by the ...
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... length of the fiake . Its ridges and ( excepting a very few small notches ) its lateral edges are quite sharp , and show that it can have had little or no wear and tear in any way , and that in all probability it reached the spot in ...
... length of the fiake . Its ridges and ( excepting a very few small notches ) its lateral edges are quite sharp , and show that it can have had little or no wear and tear in any way , and that in all probability it reached the spot in ...
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