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... Britain it is only a sixth part of that amount . very small in the high latitudes of St Petersburg and Bosse- kop ; and in still higher latitudes , at that period of the year when there is no alternation of day and night , the diurnal ...
... Britain it is only a sixth part of that amount . very small in the high latitudes of St Petersburg and Bosse- kop ; and in still higher latitudes , at that period of the year when there is no alternation of day and night , the diurnal ...
Side 38
... Britain there appears , from Glaisher's Table for Greenwich , to be little difference between the winter and the summer months . 73. The mean pressure at Calcutta of the three Januarys ( 1861-63 ) , as determined by observations made ...
... Britain there appears , from Glaisher's Table for Greenwich , to be little difference between the winter and the summer months . 73. The mean pressure at Calcutta of the three Januarys ( 1861-63 ) , as determined by observations made ...
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... Britain , so that its errors , if any , at the different points of the scale may be ascertained . This is especially necessary in purchasing cheap instruments , many of which I have had occasion to reject as being from 1 ° to 3 ° wrong ...
... Britain , so that its errors , if any , at the different points of the scale may be ascertained . This is especially necessary in purchasing cheap instruments , many of which I have had occasion to reject as being from 1 ° to 3 ° wrong ...
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Alexander Buchan. The same risk is not incurred in such places as Great Britain , where the seasons shade into each other by nice and almost insensible gradations . It is , however , everywhere desirable to arrive at some definite ...
Alexander Buchan. The same risk is not incurred in such places as Great Britain , where the seasons shade into each other by nice and almost insensible gradations . It is , however , everywhere desirable to arrive at some definite ...
Side 78
... Britain it rises to 12 ° and 14 ° ; in the central districts to 15 ° ; and in the south to 20 ° . At Paris , Utrecht , Vienna , and other places on the Continent , the range is still higher . In the dry climate of Jerusalem , in Syria ...
... Britain it rises to 12 ° and 14 ° ; in the central districts to 15 ° ; and in the south to 20 ° . At Paris , Utrecht , Vienna , and other places on the Continent , the range is still higher . In the dry climate of Jerusalem , in Syria ...
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