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Side vii
... Central Asia , that work alone would have sufficed to form a reputation of the highest order . I proceed to offer a few remarks on the work of which I now present a new translation to the English public , a work intended by its author ...
... Central Asia , that work alone would have sufficed to form a reputation of the highest order . I proceed to offer a few remarks on the work of which I now present a new translation to the English public , a work intended by its author ...
Side xxi
... central body . Dif- ferences of absolute magnitude , density , period of revolution , eccentri- city and inclination of the orbits . The so - called law of the distances of the planets from their central sun . The planets which have the ...
... central body . Dif- ferences of absolute magnitude , density , period of revolution , eccentri- city and inclination of the orbits . The so - called law of the distances of the planets from their central sun . The planets which have the ...
Side xxi
... central and linear volcanoes ; insular and littoral volcanoes . Distance of volcanoes from the sea - coast . Extinction of volcanic forces - ( p . 245 and notes ) . e . Relation of volcanoes to the character of rocks . - Volcanic forces ...
... central and linear volcanoes ; insular and littoral volcanoes . Distance of volcanoes from the sea - coast . Extinction of volcanic forces - ( p . 245 and notes ) . e . Relation of volcanoes to the character of rocks . - Volcanic forces ...
Side 11
... Central Asia affords man all that is essential to the maintenance of life , as habitation , food , and fuel , at an elevation above the level of the sea , which in almost all other parts of the globe is covered with perpetual ice . We ...
... Central Asia affords man all that is essential to the maintenance of life , as habitation , food , and fuel , at an elevation above the level of the sea , which in almost all other parts of the globe is covered with perpetual ice . We ...
Side 23
... - engendering force of the sun , that is to say , upon the condition of its gaseous coverings , and upon the relative position of the planet and the central body . There are variations , it is true , which in INTRODUCTION . 23.
... - engendering force of the sun , that is to say , upon the condition of its gaseous coverings , and upon the relative position of the planet and the central body . There are variations , it is true , which in INTRODUCTION . 23.
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