Report of the Annual MeetingJ. Murray., 1867 - Science |
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... Photographic Lenses on a Magnifying Stereoscope with a Single Lens Mr. J. GLAISHER's experiments off Ventnor with Mr. Johnson's Deep - sca Pressure - gauge . ** ** 22 23 23 23 24 Page 27 27 28 ༗ མམི ཚེ M. F. HOFMANN's CONTENTS . vii.
... Photographic Lenses on a Magnifying Stereoscope with a Single Lens Mr. J. GLAISHER's experiments off Ventnor with Mr. Johnson's Deep - sca Pressure - gauge . ** ** 22 23 23 23 24 Page 27 27 28 ༗ མམི ཚེ M. F. HOFMANN's CONTENTS . vii.
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... Gauges ... Refraction Experiments Lunar Nutation ...... Thermometers ............. ........................ Stars in R.A.S. Catalogue ......... Animal Secretions ....... Steam - engines in Cornwall Atmospheric Air £ s . d . 21 11 9 28 ...
... Gauges ... Refraction Experiments Lunar Nutation ...... Thermometers ............. ........................ Stars in R.A.S. Catalogue ......... Animal Secretions ....... Steam - engines in Cornwall Atmospheric Air £ s . d . 21 11 9 28 ...
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... Gauges .... Cast Iron Investigation 19 15 8 20 Tidal Observations in the Humber 50 Spectral Rays Luminous Meteors 10 0 0 10 0 50 10 5 0 0 45 20 £ 1289 15 8 ➖➖➖➖➖➖0000000000 0 0 0 0 0 Maintaining the Establishment of Kew ...
... Gauges .... Cast Iron Investigation 19 15 8 20 Tidal Observations in the Humber 50 Spectral Rays Luminous Meteors 10 0 0 10 0 50 10 5 0 0 45 20 £ 1289 15 8 ➖➖➖➖➖➖0000000000 0 0 0 0 0 Maintaining the Establishment of Kew ...
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... Gauges Tidal Observations in the Humber Hexylic Compounds ... Amyl Compounds .. 1866 . Maintaining the Establishment of Kew Observatory . £ s . d . 600 0 0 100 0 0 13 0 Lunar Committee ..... Balloon Committee 30 0 0 68 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 ...
... Gauges Tidal Observations in the Humber Hexylic Compounds ... Amyl Compounds .. 1866 . Maintaining the Establishment of Kew Observatory . £ s . d . 600 0 0 100 0 0 13 0 Lunar Committee ..... Balloon Committee 30 0 0 68 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 ...
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... gauge ; or who has any tables of rainfall ( or old weather journals ) in their possession . And if they do know of such persons , I ask them on behalf of science , of my fellow - observers , and on my own behalf , to use every effort to ...
... gauge ; or who has any tables of rainfall ( or old weather journals ) in their possession . And if they do know of such persons , I ask them on behalf of science , of my fellow - observers , and on my own behalf , to use every effort to ...
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Page lxiv - ... cosmical body, for otherwise night would be. as light and as warm as day. What becomes of the enormous force thus apparently non-recurrent in the same form ? Does it return as palpable motion? Does it move or contribute to move suns and planets...
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