The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... tion of the principle on the broadest scale is the system of atmospheric circulation known as the equatorial and polar currents of the atmosphere , which originate in the unequal heating by the sun of the equatorial , temperate , and ...
... tion of the principle on the broadest scale is the system of atmospheric circulation known as the equatorial and polar currents of the atmosphere , which originate in the unequal heating by the sun of the equatorial , temperate , and ...
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... tion of velocities . The most important result of this investi- gation is that when several kinds of molecules are in motion and acting on one another , the mean kinetic energy of a mole- cule is the same whatever be its mass , the ...
... tion of velocities . The most important result of this investi- gation is that when several kinds of molecules are in motion and acting on one another , the mean kinetic energy of a mole- cule is the same whatever be its mass , the ...
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... tion to be an essential property of matter , as he seems to assert in the very remarkable lines- " Nam si tantundem est in lanæ glomere , quantum Corporis in plumbo est , tantundem pendere par est : Corporis officium est quoniam premere ...
... tion to be an essential property of matter , as he seems to assert in the very remarkable lines- " Nam si tantundem est in lanæ glomere , quantum Corporis in plumbo est , tantundem pendere par est : Corporis officium est quoniam premere ...
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... tion employed in fixing the mind upon some definite object ; this is a purely voluntary act , which can be strengthened by habit , is variable in different individuals , and to which , as being its highest stage , the name Atten- tion ...
... tion employed in fixing the mind upon some definite object ; this is a purely voluntary act , which can be strengthened by habit , is variable in different individuals , and to which , as being its highest stage , the name Atten- tion ...
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... tion , to give a satisfactory account of this medium and the manner of its operation in producing the chief phenomena of nature . " 1 In his Optical Queries , indeed , he shows that if the pressure of this medium is less in the ...
... tion , to give a satisfactory account of this medium and the manner of its operation in producing the chief phenomena of nature . " 1 In his Optical Queries , indeed , he shows that if the pressure of this medium is less in the ...
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