The Atlantic Monthly, Том 6Atlantic Monthly Company, 1860 |
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... called the suction - pump , is constructed on this principle . The weight of the at- mosphere at the level of the sea is found to be the same all over the world . We find the atmosphere with another characteristic , - Elasticity ...
... called the suction - pump , is constructed on this principle . The weight of the at- mosphere at the level of the sea is found to be the same all over the world . We find the atmosphere with another characteristic , - Elasticity ...
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... called an- gles of incidence and reflection , and are equal . Refraction is the bending of a ray pass- ing obliquely from a rarer into a denser medium . This may be observed when a rod is placed slantingly in a vessel of clear water ...
... called an- gles of incidence and reflection , and are equal . Refraction is the bending of a ray pass- ing obliquely from a rarer into a denser medium . This may be observed when a rod is placed slantingly in a vessel of clear water ...
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... called the dew - point is that degree at which the moisture present in the atmosphere , on being subjected to a decrease of temper- ature , begins to be precipitated or con- densed . It is the same as the point of saturation . Daniell ...
... called the dew - point is that degree at which the moisture present in the atmosphere , on being subjected to a decrease of temper- ature , begins to be precipitated or con- densed . It is the same as the point of saturation . Daniell ...
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... called a Mutator , which is connected with the wires , and carries off all the disturbing influences of the atmosphere without in- terfering with the working current . On the other hand , artificially created elec- tricity has led to ...
... called a Mutator , which is connected with the wires , and carries off all the disturbing influences of the atmosphere without in- terfering with the working current . On the other hand , artificially created elec- tricity has led to ...
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... called so in honor of himself . Then he kept his hawks , which showed him to be a man of condition , and fond of the noble sport which figures so gracefully in the annals of Chivalry . Secondly , this hawking carries the pe- riod of the ...
... called so in honor of himself . Then he kept his hawks , which showed him to be a man of condition , and fond of the noble sport which figures so gracefully in the annals of Chivalry . Secondly , this hawking carries the pe- riod of the ...
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