The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... less than on land . The influence of the Mediterranean Sea in lessening the amount over all regions bordering it is very strongly marked . The line showing an oscillation of 0.050 inch crosses North America about lat . 44 ° , curves ...
... less than on land . The influence of the Mediterranean Sea in lessening the amount over all regions bordering it is very strongly marked . The line showing an oscillation of 0.050 inch crosses North America about lat . 44 ° , curves ...
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... less felt on the surface of the earth - the vapour screen performing , in truth , one of the most important conservative functions of the atmosphere . Since ascending currents fall in temperature as they ascend , through diminished ...
... less felt on the surface of the earth - the vapour screen performing , in truth , one of the most important conservative functions of the atmosphere . Since ascending currents fall in temperature as they ascend , through diminished ...
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... less than in London . The curves show that the maximum annual mor- tality from the different diseases groups around certain specific conditions of temperature and moisture combined . Thus , cold and moist weather is accompanied with a ...
... less than in London . The curves show that the maximum annual mor- tality from the different diseases groups around certain specific conditions of temperature and moisture combined . Thus , cold and moist weather is accompanied with a ...
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... less than it was . Hence the force must vary inversely as the distance . 1 n But Newton has shown ( Principia , bk . i . prop . 93 ) that this law is inadmissible , as it makes the effect of the dis- tant parts of the medium on a ...
... less than it was . Hence the force must vary inversely as the distance . 1 n But Newton has shown ( Principia , bk . i . prop . 93 ) that this law is inadmissible , as it makes the effect of the dis- tant parts of the medium on a ...
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... less than the pressure p , which would be exerted against a body which stops all the corpuscules . We are also tolerably certain that N , the number of corpuscules which are at any one time within unit of volume , is small compared with ...
... less than the pressure p , which would be exerted against a body which stops all the corpuscules . We are also tolerably certain that N , the number of corpuscules which are at any one time within unit of volume , is small compared with ...
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