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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... clock , for Mr. Carrington is " determined to have one clock at least pro- perly mounted , at a position of invariable temperature , and in an air - tight case . " The principal telescope is an alt - azimuth , constructed on a new ...
... clock , for Mr. Carrington is " determined to have one clock at least pro- perly mounted , at a position of invariable temperature , and in an air - tight case . " The principal telescope is an alt - azimuth , constructed on a new ...
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... rather after mean solar time ( that shown by a clock ) . Four times in each year they are together . The difference usually existing between them , which amounts to as much as 16 minutes in the month of November , is the " equation of AA 2.
... rather after mean solar time ( that shown by a clock ) . Four times in each year they are together . The difference usually existing between them , which amounts to as much as 16 minutes in the month of November , is the " equation of AA 2.
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... clock before sun or " clock after sun : " for greater accuracy reference must be made to the Nautical Almanac . 99 Having shown the relation existing between apparent or sun - dial time and mean solar or clock time , we see how it is ...
... clock before sun or " clock after sun : " for greater accuracy reference must be made to the Nautical Almanac . 99 Having shown the relation existing between apparent or sun - dial time and mean solar or clock time , we see how it is ...
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... clock is made to register its seconds by punctures on paper fixed on a cylinder which revolves uniformly , and on which the observer at the transit - circle is able similarly to register any transits he may make . He has only to press a ...
... clock is made to register its seconds by punctures on paper fixed on a cylinder which revolves uniformly , and on which the observer at the transit - circle is able similarly to register any transits he may make . He has only to press a ...
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... clocks , one at Greenwich and one at Bristol , are set right by astronomical observation . Could one then be transported to the place of the other , the Greenwich clock would be found to be about 10 minutes fast of the Bristol clock ...
... clocks , one at Greenwich and one at Bristol , are set right by astronomical observation . Could one then be transported to the place of the other , the Greenwich clock would be found to be about 10 minutes fast of the Bristol clock ...
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Página 95 - ... and I believe a little earth was plastered over the whole, so as to make the surface of the grave smooth and compact.
Página 167 - It would thus appear that the habit is not an instinct, belonging by inheritance to the whole species, but is in each case the result of individual experience. As with the same experience some bees have acquired the habit and others have not, we must admit not only that these insects are intelligent, but that they differ from each other in their degrees of intelligence, some being slow in acquiring knowledge, others quicker.
Página 209 - In all of them epithelium in different stages of deterioration was abundantly present, but very few spores were found in any fresh specimen. On the other hand, after the fluid had been kept for a few hours, myriads of vibriones and many spores were found. In a case of diphtheria, confervoid filaments were noticed, and in two other cases...