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... direction . Similarly , the submerged Virgin Island bank , Sombrero and the Anguilla bank , terminate the parallel West Indies chain eastward from Cuba ; and in Anguilla have been found remains of large extinct mammalia which must have ...
... direction . Similarly , the submerged Virgin Island bank , Sombrero and the Anguilla bank , terminate the parallel West Indies chain eastward from Cuba ; and in Anguilla have been found remains of large extinct mammalia which must have ...
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... direction of the actual impact of each particle upon the adjacent one ( beginning with those in contact with the source of motion itself ) , to which , combined with the tendency to yield in the direction of least resistance , the water ...
... direction of the actual impact of each particle upon the adjacent one ( beginning with those in contact with the source of motion itself ) , to which , combined with the tendency to yield in the direction of least resistance , the water ...
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... direction of the loose splinters implied that the explosive force was exerted from below upwards , instead of from above downwards . Baxendell thought it was most probably due to the sudden con- version of a portion of the moisture in ...
... direction of the loose splinters implied that the explosive force was exerted from below upwards , instead of from above downwards . Baxendell thought it was most probably due to the sudden con- version of a portion of the moisture in ...
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... direction must commence from above , and will gradually be accepted by the poorer classes : this work will assist the dissemination of wholesome rules . involving loss of heat , the roof all hips and valleys , and dormer windows ...
... direction must commence from above , and will gradually be accepted by the poorer classes : this work will assist the dissemination of wholesome rules . involving loss of heat , the roof all hips and valleys , and dormer windows ...
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... direction of the Bureau des Longitudes . Here we may conclude f . If half the lamina is cut off and. frogs and toads , the whole Eft order is unknown in those regions . Our question " What is a Frog ? " has now been some- what further ...
... direction of the Bureau des Longitudes . Here we may conclude f . If half the lamina is cut off and. frogs and toads , the whole Eft order is unknown in those regions . Our question " What is a Frog ? " has now been some- what further ...
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Página 160 - An Introduction to Physical Measurements, with Appendices on Absolute Electrical Measurement. &c. By Dr. F. Kohlrausch. Translated from the Second German Edition by TH Waller, BA, B.Sc., and HR Procter, FCS (London : J. and A. Churchill, New Burlington Street, 1873.) MESSRS. TH WALLER and HR Procter have furnished us with a translation of the second edition of Dr. KoYrausch's "Physical Measurements," to which they have auded several useful Appendices and Tables.