Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Том 13Victoria Institute., 1880 |
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... Principles of Geology ; or an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface by Reference to Causes now in Operation . " And he recommends an " earnest and patient endeavour to reconcile the former indications of change ...
... Principles of Geology ; or an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface by Reference to Causes now in Operation . " And he recommends an " earnest and patient endeavour to reconcile the former indications of change ...
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... principle applies to the mud of the Nile , and a vast number of cases of a similar kind . The doctrine of averages , when so applied , rests on a mere assumption , not only unproved , but highly improbable , and almost certainly untrue ...
... principle applies to the mud of the Nile , and a vast number of cases of a similar kind . The doctrine of averages , when so applied , rests on a mere assumption , not only unproved , but highly improbable , and almost certainly untrue ...
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... Mr. Croll has given . 35. The summer heat , in Mr. Croll's theory , is supposed to depend on wholly different principles from the winter cold . He speaks of it as follows . " There is no relation , at the periods in 20.
... Mr. Croll has given . 35. The summer heat , in Mr. Croll's theory , is supposed to depend on wholly different principles from the winter cold . He speaks of it as follows . " There is no relation , at the periods in 20.
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... Principles ' has given a column of summer temperature calculated from my table on this principle . Astronomically this is correct , but physically , as shown in ch . iv . , it is wholly erroneous , and would convey a wrong impres- sion ...
... Principles ' has given a column of summer temperature calculated from my table on this principle . Astronomically this is correct , but physically , as shown in ch . iv . , it is wholly erroneous , and would convey a wrong impres- sion ...
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... principle involved in Mr. Croll's theory is that the cold or hot state of each hemisphere is determined chiefly by its midwinter temperature , and this in turn by the simple ratio of the direct solar heat then received , the excess over ...
... principle involved in Mr. Croll's theory is that the cold or hot state of each hemisphere is determined chiefly by its midwinter temperature , and this in turn by the simple ratio of the direct solar heat then received , the excess over ...
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