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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... tion of the secondary spectrum were not fulfilled . The phosphatic glass of Harcourt , while a success in this respect , is too soft for use in optical glass , and the new glass , in which a portion of the phosphorus was replaced by ...
... tion of the secondary spectrum were not fulfilled . The phosphatic glass of Harcourt , while a success in this respect , is too soft for use in optical glass , and the new glass , in which a portion of the phosphorus was replaced by ...
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... was sent to the directors of the vari- ous observatories of the United States , asking for informa- tion on the following points : First , the personnel of the observatory ; Second , ASTRONOMY .. 35 REPORTS OF AMERICAN OBSERVATORIES.
... was sent to the directors of the vari- ous observatories of the United States , asking for informa- tion on the following points : First , the personnel of the observatory ; Second , ASTRONOMY .. 35 REPORTS OF AMERICAN OBSERVATORIES.
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... tion of an apparatus for eliminating personal equation in transit observations have occupied some time . In solar physics , work is being done here now on the comparison of the heat of the sun with terrestrial sources , on the ...
... tion of an apparatus for eliminating personal equation in transit observations have occupied some time . In solar physics , work is being done here now on the comparison of the heat of the sun with terrestrial sources , on the ...
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... tion of a chart of all nebulæ visible through a telescope of 5 inches aperture . For many years I have seriously felt the want of such a chart . I shall construct it for the especial benefit of comet - seekers . The result of the year ...
... tion of a chart of all nebulæ visible through a telescope of 5 inches aperture . For many years I have seriously felt the want of such a chart . I shall construct it for the especial benefit of comet - seekers . The result of the year ...
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... tion at Russian and Australian stations . " The Absolute Direction and Intensity of the Earth's Magnetic Force at Bombay , and its Secular and Annual Variations , " by Ch . Chambers , gives the result of magnetic observations at Bombay ...
... tion at Russian and Australian stations . " The Absolute Direction and Intensity of the Earth's Magnetic Force at Bombay , and its Secular and Annual Variations , " by Ch . Chambers , gives the result of magnetic observations at Bombay ...
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