The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, Volumen10A. and C. Black, 1831 |
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... feet . 2. Thunder - Storms in France . 3. Sudden agitation of the Sea . 4. Aurora Borealis at Paris , 379-381 GEOLOGY . 5. Gold Mines in the Uralian Mountains . 6. Lightning Tubes . 7. Temperature of some Mines in Cornwall . 8. Volcano ...
... feet . 2. Thunder - Storms in France . 3. Sudden agitation of the Sea . 4. Aurora Borealis at Paris , 379-381 GEOLOGY . 5. Gold Mines in the Uralian Mountains . 6. Lightning Tubes . 7. Temperature of some Mines in Cornwall . 8. Volcano ...
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... feet , and where the light of day does not penetrate . Some lamps , a compass , and an instrument to measure the inclination , are all that can be used . It cannot , like common geodesy , either con- nect its operations with those of ...
... feet , and where the light of day does not penetrate . Some lamps , a compass , and an instrument to measure the inclination , are all that can be used . It cannot , like common geodesy , either con- nect its operations with those of ...
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... feet , which are now generally preferred . This number , from the observations . of Ramond and the experiments of Biot , is 60155 English feet at the freezing point , or 32 ° of Fahrenheit's scale , and 2 M is 0.86858896 , or twice the ...
... feet , which are now generally preferred . This number , from the observations . of Ramond and the experiments of Biot , is 60155 English feet at the freezing point , or 32 ° of Fahrenheit's scale , and 2 M is 0.86858896 , or twice the ...
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... feet for every degree of difference of the attached thermometers at top and bottom . Now , if denote the tem- perature of the attached thermometer at the bottom , and that at the top , then - 3 ( r ) must be the correction which is to ...
... feet for every degree of difference of the attached thermometers at top and bottom . Now , if denote the tem- perature of the attached thermometer at the bottom , and that at the top , then - 3 ( r ) must be the correction which is to ...
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... feet , with the Observatory barometer , by Mr Tho- mas Henderson , and on the summit of Allermuir , by myself , on the 26th of July 1828 . Inches . B 29.549 - T = b = 28.187 65 ° .4 = 52.4 t = ť 57 ° .5 52.5 B - b 1.362 = T - T 13.0 ...
... feet , with the Observatory barometer , by Mr Tho- mas Henderson , and on the summit of Allermuir , by myself , on the 26th of July 1828 . Inches . B 29.549 - T = b = 28.187 65 ° .4 = 52.4 t = ť 57 ° .5 52.5 B - b 1.362 = T - T 13.0 ...
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