Nature, Том 4Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1871 |
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... comparatively easy for the workers in any one depart- ment of science to acquire something more than a super- ficial knowledge of the discoveries made in the others . GLAISHER'S TRAVELS IN THE AIR Travels in the Air . 2 [ May 4 , 1871 ...
... comparatively easy for the workers in any one depart- ment of science to acquire something more than a super- ficial knowledge of the discoveries made in the others . GLAISHER'S TRAVELS IN THE AIR Travels in the Air . 2 [ May 4 , 1871 ...
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... comparatively high velocity , the ratio of the volumes of westerly and easterly winds is enormously increased , and if the upper part of the air , being quite half of the whole , is moving from the west with a mean velocity of 40 miles ...
... comparatively high velocity , the ratio of the volumes of westerly and easterly winds is enormously increased , and if the upper part of the air , being quite half of the whole , is moving from the west with a mean velocity of 40 miles ...
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... comparatively few , with the exception of mem bers of the salmon and trout family , are of sufficient economical value to make it expedient to introduce them into regions where , they do not naturally occur . This transfer has been made ...
... comparatively few , with the exception of mem bers of the salmon and trout family , are of sufficient economical value to make it expedient to introduce them into regions where , they do not naturally occur . This transfer has been made ...
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... comparatively level . Here the ground is almost as hard as a macadamised road , and is covered with a layer of small , black , polished flints , which glisten in the sun as though they were wet . This polish must be attributed to the ...
... comparatively level . Here the ground is almost as hard as a macadamised road , and is covered with a layer of small , black , polished flints , which glisten in the sun as though they were wet . This polish must be attributed to the ...
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... comparatively little is known in this country . The geographer will find articles " On the City of Yeddo , " , " " On the Overland journey from St. Peters- burg to Pekin , " On an Overland trip through Hunan from Canton to Hankow ...
... comparatively little is known in this country . The geographer will find articles " On the City of Yeddo , " , " " On the Overland journey from St. Peters- burg to Pekin , " On an Overland trip through Hunan from Canton to Hankow ...
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