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... take place in the solar system . M. De- launay and Mr. Airy consider that part of the acceleration of the moon's mean motion , not at present accounted for by planetary disturbances , is due to the gradual retardation of the 1 * NOTES ...
... take place in the solar system . M. De- launay and Mr. Airy consider that part of the acceleration of the moon's mean motion , not at present accounted for by planetary disturbances , is due to the gradual retardation of the 1 * NOTES ...
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... take place at one period only , as in many parts one crater is seen encroaching on and displacing others . It is to be hoped that the achromatic telescope will ere long be freed from its old and great defect , " the inaccuracy of ...
... take place at one period only , as in many parts one crater is seen encroaching on and displacing others . It is to be hoped that the achromatic telescope will ere long be freed from its old and great defect , " the inaccuracy of ...
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... take aught from the just praise of England , but simply to vindicate the truth of history . " It was not till 1856 - ten years ago - that the enterprise had any existence in England . In that summer I went to London , and there , with ...
... take aught from the just praise of England , but simply to vindicate the truth of history . " It was not till 1856 - ten years ago - that the enterprise had any existence in England . In that summer I went to London , and there , with ...
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... take an equal share with Mr. Brassey . We " The action of these two gentlemen was a turning - point in the history of our enterprise ; for it led shortly after to a union of the well - known firm of Glass , Elliot & Co. with the Gutta ...
... take an equal share with Mr. Brassey . We " The action of these two gentlemen was a turning - point in the history of our enterprise ; for it led shortly after to a union of the well - known firm of Glass , Elliot & Co. with the Gutta ...
Pagina 17
... take the whole remaining £ 315,000 , besides £ 100,000 of the bonds , and to make its own profits contingent on success . Mr. Richard A. Glass was made Managing Director , and gave energy and vigor to all its departments , being ...
... take the whole remaining £ 315,000 , besides £ 100,000 of the bonds , and to make its own profits contingent on success . Mr. Richard A. Glass was made Managing Director , and gave energy and vigor to all its departments , being ...
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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...