Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Том 13Victoria Institute., 1880 |
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... surface of any portion of land is equal to that of 37 hours of vertical sunshine , if we adopt the datum of Sir J. Herschel , that vertical solar heat on a square foot in one second would raise one pound about one - ninth of a degree ...
... surface of any portion of land is equal to that of 37 hours of vertical sunshine , if we adopt the datum of Sir J. Herschel , that vertical solar heat on a square foot in one second would raise one pound about one - ninth of a degree ...
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... surface above must receive and absorb all the heat of the summer sun , and can allow little heat to radiate into space , except at night ; even then much less than under a clear sky . Of course , till the ice and snow are all nearly ...
... surface above must receive and absorb all the heat of the summer sun , and can allow little heat to radiate into space , except at night ; even then much less than under a clear sky . Of course , till the ice and snow are all nearly ...
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... surface of the earth and its formation . But , even supposing that to be unsound , and suppose the conclusion is that the earth is not by any means so old as it has been represented to be , and that there- fore man , whose remains have ...
... surface of the earth and its formation . But , even supposing that to be unsound , and suppose the conclusion is that the earth is not by any means so old as it has been represented to be , and that there- fore man , whose remains have ...
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... surface is covered with the minute chipping and flaking , that , had it occurred on the other specimen with a spear - head outline , it would certainly have been received as one of the implements fashioned by the hands of Palæolithic ...
... surface is covered with the minute chipping and flaking , that , had it occurred on the other specimen with a spear - head outline , it would certainly have been received as one of the implements fashioned by the hands of Palæolithic ...
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... surface when excavating for some gas - works : Dr. Dowler considered it to be 57,600 years old . Sir C. Lyell cites his opinion with ap- parent approval ( p . 46 ) , and gives his reasons , founded upon a calculation as to the rate of ...
... surface when excavating for some gas - works : Dr. Dowler considered it to be 57,600 years old . Sir C. Lyell cites his opinion with ap- parent approval ( p . 46 ) , and gives his reasons , founded upon a calculation as to the rate of ...
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