The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects, Volume 9James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas Robert Hardwicke, 1870 |
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... cause of cooling to those atmo- spheric strata near the earth , since the evaporation of lofty clouds and the consequent clearing of the sky must permit a freer radiation of the earth's heat towards space , or at least into the higher ...
... cause of cooling to those atmo- spheric strata near the earth , since the evaporation of lofty clouds and the consequent clearing of the sky must permit a freer radiation of the earth's heat towards space , or at least into the higher ...
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... cause ; and for a time he was frustrated . Several years after , adopting precautions to neutralise the frigorific effect of the clear sky , he was able to obtain decided heat indications , as we shall presently see . In the meantime ...
... cause ; and for a time he was frustrated . Several years after , adopting precautions to neutralise the frigorific effect of the clear sky , he was able to obtain decided heat indications , as we shall presently see . In the meantime ...
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... cause of this to draughts of cool air impinging upon the thermoscope . These could have been remedied by ordinary means ; but the more philosophical cure was to cover the pile with plates of glass , which would allow heat to pass ...
... cause of this to draughts of cool air impinging upon the thermoscope . These could have been remedied by ordinary means ; but the more philosophical cure was to cover the pile with plates of glass , which would allow heat to pass ...
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... caused by the influence of some iron ribs of the dome covering the instrument , but the effects of these were avoided by comparing each deviation of the galvanometer needle with the mean of the two readings before and after it ...
... caused by the influence of some iron ribs of the dome covering the instrument , but the effects of these were avoided by comparing each deviation of the galvanometer needle with the mean of the two readings before and after it ...
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... causes infatuation , and takes away the use of the reason . The person sleeps with- out sense , in the attitude in ... causing sleep in those who take it . The dose is half a cyathus . It is taken against serpents and before cuttings and ...
... causes infatuation , and takes away the use of the reason . The person sleeps with- out sense , in the attitude in ... causing sleep in those who take it . The dose is half a cyathus . It is taken against serpents and before cuttings and ...
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Página 15 - In cutting one of the unlucky teeth called denies sapientiae, I experienced an extensive inflammation of the gum, accompanied with great pain, which equally destroyed the power of repose, and of consistent action. On the day when the inflammation was most troublesome, I breathed three large doses of nitrous oxide. The pain always diminished after the first four or five inspirations ; the thrilling came on as usual, and uneasiness was for a few minutes swallowed up in pleasure. As the former state...
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Página 15 - As nitrous oxide in its extensive operation appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place...