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... Miles of African Travel , " 43 Spectra , D - line , Major W. A. Ross , 366 ; Prof. G. G. Stokes , F.R.S. , 247 Spectra , H. C. Sorby , F.R.S. , Apparatus for Measuring , 159 ; Measuring Bands in , 39 ; of Solutions , New Form of Tube ...
... Miles of African Travel , " 43 Spectra , D - line , Major W. A. Ross , 366 ; Prof. G. G. Stokes , F.R.S. , 247 Spectra , H. C. Sorby , F.R.S. , Apparatus for Measuring , 159 ; Measuring Bands in , 39 ; of Solutions , New Form of Tube ...
Side 2
... miles , " particular attention being paid to the agricultural and mineralogical resources of the country traversed . " Allowing 130 full working days for the period during which these two parties were at work , we find that on an ...
... miles , " particular attention being paid to the agricultural and mineralogical resources of the country traversed . " Allowing 130 full working days for the period during which these two parties were at work , we find that on an ...
Side 12
... mile in diameter . Beyond this the eye cannot take in the forms of the whirling columns ; these receive another name , but ... miles and upwards , they bear the name of hurricanes or cyclones ; but not withstanding this , their mechanism ...
... mile in diameter . Beyond this the eye cannot take in the forms of the whirling columns ; these receive another name , but ... miles and upwards , they bear the name of hurricanes or cyclones ; but not withstanding this , their mechanism ...
Side 13
... miles , it will be seen that cyclones must have a figure very dif- ferent from waterspouts and tornadoes , whose proportions are altogether different , since the height of these last is enormously disproportioned to their lower diameter ...
... miles , it will be seen that cyclones must have a figure very dif- ferent from waterspouts and tornadoes , whose proportions are altogether different , since the height of these last is enormously disproportioned to their lower diameter ...
Side 21
... miles from St. Andrews , across the Firth of Tay , which is being bridged for a railway . The Commissioners , however , cannot recommend any scheme which would involve the St. Andrews professors travelling to and from Dundee to teach ...
... miles from St. Andrews , across the Firth of Tay , which is being bridged for a railway . The Commissioners , however , cannot recommend any scheme which would involve the St. Andrews professors travelling to and from Dundee to teach ...
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