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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... effect of air - currents upon them , since the tubes can be closed at both ends . The advantages of reflectors are absence of a secondary spectrum , better applicability for work in celes- tial photography , photometry , spectroscopy ...
... effect of air - currents upon them , since the tubes can be closed at both ends . The advantages of reflectors are absence of a secondary spectrum , better applicability for work in celes- tial photography , photometry , spectroscopy ...
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... effect after the removal of the observatory , and the proceeds to be covered into the United States Treas- ury . The bill furthermore provides for the transportation and use , in the new building , of any materials belonging to the ...
... effect after the removal of the observatory , and the proceeds to be covered into the United States Treas- ury . The bill furthermore provides for the transportation and use , in the new building , of any materials belonging to the ...
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... effects ; that , in order to develop the science proper , there are needed more observations from more numerous stations throughout the world , by means of which to construct daily weather maps . He also points out the necessity of ...
... effects ; that , in order to develop the science proper , there are needed more observations from more numerous stations throughout the world , by means of which to construct daily weather maps . He also points out the necessity of ...
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... effect that , wherever our vessels may be , there shall every day be made a complete meteorological observation , simultaneously with those made at Washington at 7 h . 35 m . A.M. It is hoped that the other navies of the world will ...
... effect that , wherever our vessels may be , there shall every day be made a complete meteorological observation , simultaneously with those made at Washington at 7 h . 35 m . A.M. It is hoped that the other navies of the world will ...
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... effect upon the pile observed . An empirical formula was thus obtained , which gave the temperature of the surface as a function of the movements of the galvanometer needle . The instrumental constants being thus known , the face of the ...
... effect upon the pile observed . An empirical formula was thus obtained , which gave the temperature of the surface as a function of the movements of the galvanometer needle . The instrumental constants being thus known , the face of the ...
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