Report of the Annual MeetingJ. Murray., 1877 |
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... obtained of the existence of an atmosphere around Venus . The mean distance of the carth from the sun was long supposed to have been fixed within a very small limit of error at about 95,000,000 miles . The accuracy of this number had ...
... obtained of the existence of an atmosphere around Venus . The mean distance of the carth from the sun was long supposed to have been fixed within a very small limit of error at about 95,000,000 miles . The accuracy of this number had ...
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... 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 , less than the commonly received ...
... 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 , less than the commonly received ...
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... obtained two wholly distinct spectra , one belonging to a low , and the other to a high temperature . Mr. Lockyer is also engaged on a new and greatly extended map of the solar spectrum . Spectrum analysis has lately led to the ...
... obtained two wholly distinct spectra , one belonging to a low , and the other to a high temperature . Mr. Lockyer is also engaged on a new and greatly extended map of the solar spectrum . Spectrum analysis has lately led to the ...
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... obtained it is at least on a level with the ordinary graduate , and should be eligible to university positions of the highest trust . Not less important would it be for the encouragement of learning throughout the country that the ...
... obtained it is at least on a level with the ordinary graduate , and should be eligible to university positions of the highest trust . Not less important would it be for the encouragement of learning throughout the country that the ...
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... obtained , not by the sacrifice of rigour , but by a certain sacrifice of completeness , in limiting the magnitudes considered to such as are commensurable . The notion of Ratio may be regarded as an extension and generalization of the ...
... obtained , not by the sacrifice of rigour , but by a certain sacrifice of completeness , in limiting the magnitudes considered to such as are commensurable . The notion of Ratio may be regarded as an extension and generalization of the ...
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