Nature, Том 5Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1872 |
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... feet from the vessel's side , so as to cut the water at a point not sensibly dis- turbed by the motion of the vessel . The speed was de- termined by throwing into the sea pieces of paper pre- viously wetted , and observing their times ...
... feet from the vessel's side , so as to cut the water at a point not sensibly dis- turbed by the motion of the vessel . The speed was de- termined by throwing into the sea pieces of paper pre- viously wetted , and observing their times ...
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... feet . On digging deeper through the stratum of forced earth and stones , three feet thick , what appeared to be a different and older layer of soil was reached . Among this black earth were found wood ashes , bits of calcined bones ...
... feet . On digging deeper through the stratum of forced earth and stones , three feet thick , what appeared to be a different and older layer of soil was reached . Among this black earth were found wood ashes , bits of calcined bones ...
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... feet high , the fleshy cup of the fruit of which is eatable . D. laxifolium Ik . fil . , a small creep- ing bush , is also known occasionally as Rimu . The Mataii or black pine is Fodocarpus spicata Br . , likewise a large tree , and ...
... feet high , the fleshy cup of the fruit of which is eatable . D. laxifolium Ik . fil . , a small creep- ing bush , is also known occasionally as Rimu . The Mataii or black pine is Fodocarpus spicata Br . , likewise a large tree , and ...
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... feet per second ; but the current continues to run in the same direction towards Europe for other 300 miles , with a speed which is from 2 feet to 06 feet , and a breadth increasing from 80 up to 200 miles . Gulf Stream , when it has ...
... feet per second ; but the current continues to run in the same direction towards Europe for other 300 miles , with a speed which is from 2 feet to 06 feet , and a breadth increasing from 80 up to 200 miles . Gulf Stream , when it has ...
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... feet in length has been disinterred . From the accounts which have been published it would appear that the figure of the serpent was excavated in the rocks above the lake , and had become overgrown . JP.P. SOME interesting experiments ...
... feet in length has been disinterred . From the accounts which have been published it would appear that the figure of the serpent was excavated in the rocks above the lake , and had become overgrown . JP.P. SOME interesting experiments ...
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