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... stars , so that no man could take an observation . These buoys were anchored a few miles apart . They were numbered , and each had a flag - staff on it , so that it could be seen by day ; and a lantern by night . Thus having taken our ...
... stars , so that no man could take an observation . These buoys were anchored a few miles apart . They were numbered , and each had a flag - staff on it , so that it could be seen by day ; and a lantern by night . Thus having taken our ...
Pagina 34
... Star . The Malta " Observer , " of a late date , says : " By reliable infor- mation , recently received , we learn that the works of the Isthmus of Suez Canal are being very actively carried forward by M. de Les- seps . An average depth ...
... Star . The Malta " Observer , " of a late date , says : " By reliable infor- mation , recently received , we learn that the works of the Isthmus of Suez Canal are being very actively carried forward by M. de Les- seps . An average depth ...
Pagina 123
... in the at- mosphere of the planets and other stars : at present he can only say , that it does not exist in the atmosphere of the sun . COMPLEMENTARY COLORS . The production , by M. Niépce St. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . 123.
... in the at- mosphere of the planets and other stars : at present he can only say , that it does not exist in the atmosphere of the sun . COMPLEMENTARY COLORS . The production , by M. Niépce St. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . 123.
Pagina 221
... stars whose distance the most refined researches of astronomy cannot determine . The spectroscope is merely a prism to which light can be admitted through a slit one - thirty - second of an inch wide , with apparatus for examining ...
... stars whose distance the most refined researches of astronomy cannot determine . The spectroscope is merely a prism to which light can be admitted through a slit one - thirty - second of an inch wide , with apparatus for examining ...
Pagina 223
... stars of various colors . Even in our best tele- scopes they are only glittering points , and no glimpse of their chemical constitution could be presented before the spectroscope was applied to investigate them . We were satisfied that ...
... stars of various colors . Even in our best tele- scopes they are only glittering points , and no glimpse of their chemical constitution could be presented before the spectroscope was applied to investigate them . We were satisfied that ...
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Pagina 261 - a special mineralization producing a bituminous matter instead of coal or lignite. This operation is not attributable to heat, nor of the nature of a distillation, but is due to chemical reactions at the ordinary temperature, and under the normal conditions of climate.
Pagina 303 - When the ether spray thus produced is directed upon the outer skin, the skin is rendered insensible within a minute; but the effects do not end here. So soon as the skin is divided, the ether begins to exert on the nervous filaments the double action of cold and of etherization : so that the narcotism can be extended deeply to any desired extent. Pure rectified ether used in this manner is entirely negative ; it causes no irritation, and may be applied to a deep wound, as I shall show, without any...