The American Journal of Science and ArtsS. Converse, 1888 - Geology |
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Page 11
... present discussion do not furnish a positive critical test . But if , as I believe , the Stannern stone came from the south , we have at least one instance of stones coming into the air with a velocity of nearly , or quite , 45 miles a ...
... present discussion do not furnish a positive critical test . But if , as I believe , the Stannern stone came from the south , we have at least one instance of stones coming into the air with a velocity of nearly , or quite , 45 miles a ...
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... present form of the summit crater , Mokuaweoweo , is shown on the map by J. M. Alexander , Plate 2 , reduced from the results of his survey . The height of the highest point , given on it , 13,675 feet , differs eighty - five feet from ...
... present form of the summit crater , Mokuaweoweo , is shown on the map by J. M. Alexander , Plate 2 , reduced from the results of his survey . The height of the highest point , given on it , 13,675 feet , differs eighty - five feet from ...
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... present time , these ancient walls were cracked and tottering to their fall ; in some places they much resembled a wall of loose stones artificially laid . It was dangerous to approach the brink of Pohaku Hanalei so loose were the lava ...
... present time , these ancient walls were cracked and tottering to their fall ; in some places they much resembled a wall of loose stones artificially laid . It was dangerous to approach the brink of Pohaku Hanalei so loose were the lava ...
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... present , we set to work to illustrate the matter in another manner by means of the electric currents produced from the change in the elec- trochemical nature of the points and hollows of the iron . The first experiments were conducted ...
... present , we set to work to illustrate the matter in another manner by means of the electric currents produced from the change in the elec- trochemical nature of the points and hollows of the iron . The first experiments were conducted ...
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... present method , however , it was possible to trace the effect of the magnet whenever there was the slightest action on the iron , and consequently a large number of substances , some of which hardly produce any action , could be used ...
... present method , however , it was possible to trace the effect of the magnet whenever there was the slightest action on the iron , and consequently a large number of substances , some of which hardly produce any action , could be used ...
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