The American Journal of Science and ArtsS. Converse, 1888 - Geology |
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... appears from figure 1 that these 116 stones were , with a few exceptions , following the earth in their orbit about the sun . This could happen from either one or more of three pos- sible causes : Firstly , that nearly all the stones in ...
... appears from figure 1 that these 116 stones were , with a few exceptions , following the earth in their orbit about the sun . This could happen from either one or more of three pos- sible causes : Firstly , that nearly all the stones in ...
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... appear that stones meeting the earth are destroyed in the air ) , that the larger meteorites moving in our solar system are allied much more closely with the group of comets of short period than with the comets whose orbits are nearly ...
... appear that stones meeting the earth are destroyed in the air ) , that the larger meteorites moving in our solar system are allied much more closely with the group of comets of short period than with the comets whose orbits are nearly ...
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... appears to have been a turn of special brilliancy in Jan- uary . On the following October ( the 6th ) , he sayst the action has continued " for eighteen months , and the most of the time it has been violent . But of late it has become ...
... appears to have been a turn of special brilliancy in Jan- uary . On the following October ( the 6th ) , he sayst the action has continued " for eighteen months , and the most of the time it has been violent . But of late it has become ...
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... appear , but on every side were rough piles of lava , some recent , and abundant deposits of the vesicular lava called limu . This limu is of a pale green color presenting the appearance of vegetation . Some fragments of it were a foot ...
... appear , but on every side were rough piles of lava , some recent , and abundant deposits of the vesicular lava called limu . This limu is of a pale green color presenting the appearance of vegetation . Some fragments of it were a foot ...
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... appears that the protec tive action of the magnetic field is general , extending to all substances which act chemically on the magnetic metals . While this is so , the strongest effect is obtained with those substances which act without ...
... appears that the protec tive action of the magnetic field is general , extending to all substances which act chemically on the magnetic metals . While this is so , the strongest effect is obtained with those substances which act without ...
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