Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Том 13Victoria Institute., 1880 |
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... physical science . It had been shown by Sir W. Thomson and others , from physical considerations of the sun's heat and the secular cooling of our globe , that the history of the earth's crust must be limited to a period of something ...
... physical science . It had been shown by Sir W. Thomson and others , from physical considerations of the sun's heat and the secular cooling of our globe , that the history of the earth's crust must be limited to a period of something ...
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... physical astronomy . The pole of the equator , by precession , is receding 50 ′′ in longitude annually at a right angle to the pole of the ecliptic . But the obliquity is also slowly lessening , and the poles are coming nearer together ...
... physical astronomy . The pole of the equator , by precession , is receding 50 ′′ in longitude annually at a right angle to the pole of the ecliptic . But the obliquity is also slowly lessening , and the poles are coming nearer together ...
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... physical science . Mr. Croll's theory is certainly elaborated with great pains and care , and includes a wide collection of materials , and a large amount of patient thought and ingenuity . It has received the highest praise from a ...
... physical science . Mr. Croll's theory is certainly elaborated with great pains and care , and includes a wide collection of materials , and a large amount of patient thought and ingenuity . It has received the highest praise from a ...
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... physically , as shown in ch . iv . , it is wholly erroneous , and would convey a wrong impres- sion on the whole ... physical conditions , the rainfall of the winter months would be less than 20 inches , or if snow be reckoned six ...
... physically , as shown in ch . iv . , it is wholly erroneous , and would convey a wrong impres- sion on the whole ... physical conditions , the rainfall of the winter months would be less than 20 inches , or if snow be reckoned six ...
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... Physical Science , Professor P. G. Tait says that the Uniformitarian theories of geologists are " totally inconsistent with modern physical knowledge as to the dissipa- tion of energy " ; he then speaks of " the Law of the Dissipation ...
... Physical Science , Professor P. G. Tait says that the Uniformitarian theories of geologists are " totally inconsistent with modern physical knowledge as to the dissipa- tion of energy " ; he then speaks of " the Law of the Dissipation ...
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