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... seen these essays , his discoveries regarding radiation were original and independent . He made this all- important observation , or rather discovery , which neither Wilson nor Prevost had suspected - viz . , that during those nights ...
... seen these essays , his discoveries regarding radiation were original and independent . He made this all- important observation , or rather discovery , which neither Wilson nor Prevost had suspected - viz . , that during those nights ...
Side 11
... seen advancing on them , yet from the premonitions afforded by the barometer , the wind , and the cirrus cloud , we can warn them to prepare for a storm likely to visit them . The giving effect to this idea constitutes the splendid ...
... seen advancing on them , yet from the premonitions afforded by the barometer , the wind , and the cirrus cloud , we can warn them to prepare for a storm likely to visit them . The giving effect to this idea constitutes the splendid ...
Side 19
... seen plunged into the mercury in the cistern at T , is enclosed in a brass tube , which extends continuously from the brass box , B , to the top of the instrument . This brass tube is made with two opposite slits for the purpose of ...
... seen plunged into the mercury in the cistern at T , is enclosed in a brass tube , which extends continuously from the brass box , B , to the top of the instrument . This brass tube is made with two opposite slits for the purpose of ...
Side 21
... seen at once from the upper limb . Since in siphon barometers the capillary attraction at both surfaces is the same , no error arises from this cause ; and still further , there is no error of capacity from difference of level as in ...
... seen at once from the upper limb . Since in siphon barometers the capillary attraction at both surfaces is the same , no error arises from this cause ; and still further , there is no error of capacity from difference of level as in ...
Side 24
... seen them change 0.300 inch in a few weeks , and indicate pressure so irregularly that no confidence could be placed in them even for a few days . Aneroids therefore , like our watches , require to be occasionally cleaned . 44. The ...
... seen them change 0.300 inch in a few weeks , and indicate pressure so irregularly that no confidence could be placed in them even for a few days . Aneroids therefore , like our watches , require to be occasionally cleaned . 44. The ...
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