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Pagina vi
... Height of the Barometer 383 On the Influence of different Winds on the Heights of the Barometer On the Diurnal Variations of the Barometer 383 • 385 · Observations on Rain 385 • • Inclination Rain in a perfectly Clear Sky Magnetism ...
... Height of the Barometer 383 On the Influence of different Winds on the Heights of the Barometer On the Diurnal Variations of the Barometer 383 • 385 · Observations on Rain 385 • • Inclination Rain in a perfectly Clear Sky Magnetism ...
Pagina viii
... Height of Waves at Sea 488 ... 489 490 Apparent Connexion of Aurora Borealis with Rain , Wind , and decreasing Atmospheric Pressure Comparative Intensity of the Solar Rays in different Latitudes 490 404 Advantage of Chlorine in the ...
... Height of Waves at Sea 488 ... 489 490 Apparent Connexion of Aurora Borealis with Rain , Wind , and decreasing Atmospheric Pressure Comparative Intensity of the Solar Rays in different Latitudes 490 404 Advantage of Chlorine in the ...
Pagina 15
... height ; the ceiling in some parts being supported by blocks of sulphate of lime , piled up in the form of rude columns . The gangue of the salt , if the word may be used , is composed chiefly of a clayey earth , mixed up with irregular ...
... height ; the ceiling in some parts being supported by blocks of sulphate of lime , piled up in the form of rude columns . The gangue of the salt , if the word may be used , is composed chiefly of a clayey earth , mixed up with irregular ...
Pagina 56
... height above the surface of the plate , when the moon is in her node , that the earth is raised above the centre of the surface of a ; or in short , that the line joining the centres of the two balls may , in that position , be parallel ...
... height above the surface of the plate , when the moon is in her node , that the earth is raised above the centre of the surface of a ; or in short , that the line joining the centres of the two balls may , in that position , be parallel ...
Pagina 57
... height as the earth's above the surface of the board ; that is , the moon must be put really in the ecliptic when she is in her node ; and the corresponding adjustment for the sun's centre may be made at the same time . Then move the ...
... height as the earth's above the surface of the board ; that is , the moon must be put really in the ecliptic when she is in her node ; and the corresponding adjustment for the sun's centre may be made at the same time . Then move the ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 82 - The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Pagina 484 - And, lastly, We do hereby, for Us, our heirs and successors, grant and declare that these our Letters Patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things valid and effectual in the law, according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and shall be...
Pagina 13 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end
Pagina 275 - I do not now maintain, I think it right, as one of my last acts before I quit this Chair, thus publicly to read my recantation. We ought, indeed, to have paused before we first adopted the diluvian theory, and referred all our old superficial gravel to the action of the Mosaic flood.
Pagina 275 - Our errors were, however, natural, and of the same kind which led many excellent observers of a former century to refer all the secondary formations of geology to the Noachian deluge.
Pagina 484 - AND LASTLY, WE do hereby, for Us, our Heirs, and Successors, grant and declare, That these our Letters Patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall be in and...
Pagina 328 - ... have so far affected the rays of Light, that a corresponding difference from the eyes of existing Crustaceans would have been found in the organs on which the impressions of such rays were then received. Regarding Light itself also, we learn from the resemblance of these most ancient...
Pagina 484 - ... proficiency in that department of knowledge in which he is about to graduate ; and he shall receive from the said Chancellor a certificate, under the seal of the said University of Bombay, and signed by the said Chancellor or ViceChancellor, in which the particulars so stated shall be declared.
Pagina 275 - We ought, indeed, to have paused, before we first adopted the diluvial theory, and referred all our old superficial gravel to the action of the Mosaic Flood. For of man, and the works of his hands, we have not yet found a single trace among the remnants of a former world entombed in these ancient deposits.
Pagina 81 - ... an education in which the individual is cultivated, not as an instrument towards some ulterior end, but as an end unto himself alone ; in other words, an education, in which his absolute perfection as a man, and not merely his relative dexterity as a professional man, is the scope immediately in view.