The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... regarded as pretty well determined . Putting aside the older soundings as utterly untrust- worthy , and accepting only those taken by the modern methods , whose reliability has been amply tested by the accordance of diversified ...
... regarded as pretty well determined . Putting aside the older soundings as utterly untrust- worthy , and accepting only those taken by the modern methods , whose reliability has been amply tested by the accordance of diversified ...
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... regarded as almost infinitesimal ; and in conformity with this we find a very rapid diminution of Algal life below the depth of 100 fathoms . The upper stratum is occupied for the most part by the larger and coarser forms of the ...
... regarded as almost infinitesimal ; and in conformity with this we find a very rapid diminution of Algal life below the depth of 100 fathoms . The upper stratum is occupied for the most part by the larger and coarser forms of the ...
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... regarded as typical , to a large extent , of the diurnal barometric oscillations in tropical and temperate regions . At Calcutta the amounts are large , and the dates of the occurrence of the maxima and minima very regular from 3 to 4 ...
... regarded as typical , to a large extent , of the diurnal barometric oscillations in tropical and temperate regions . At Calcutta the amounts are large , and the dates of the occurrence of the maxima and minima very regular from 3 to 4 ...
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... regarded in no other light than simply as a tentative hypothesis . Singularly enough , Lamont and Broun , a few years ago , were led , independently of each other , to form an opinion that the daily barometric oscillations were due to ...
... regarded in no other light than simply as a tentative hypothesis . Singularly enough , Lamont and Broun , a few years ago , were led , independently of each other , to form an opinion that the daily barometric oscillations were due to ...
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... regarded as the degree of approach to saturation . It is greatest near the surface of the earth during night , when the temperature , being at or near the daily minimum , approaches the dew- point ; it is also great in the morning ...
... regarded as the degree of approach to saturation . It is greatest near the surface of the earth during night , when the temperature , being at or near the daily minimum , approaches the dew- point ; it is also great in the morning ...
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