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... object which the government had chiefly in view in 1784 was the determination of the difference of longitude between the observatories of Greenwich and Paris . The geodetical problems have been satisfactorily solved , but the survey has ...
... object which the government had chiefly in view in 1784 was the determination of the difference of longitude between the observatories of Greenwich and Paris . The geodetical problems have been satisfactorily solved , but the survey has ...
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... , Mea- sures , and Money , which recently assembled at Paris , is slowly but surely effecting its objects , and achieving results which will hereafter be of the utmost importance to reciprocal trade and the X NOTES BY THE EDITOR.
... , Mea- sures , and Money , which recently assembled at Paris , is slowly but surely effecting its objects , and achieving results which will hereafter be of the utmost importance to reciprocal trade and the X NOTES BY THE EDITOR.
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... objects of the expedition are , briefly to trace the Victoria river to its source , and to determine the character of the north - western interior , and afterwards to endeavor to find out a more direct tract than the circuitous route ...
... objects of the expedition are , briefly to trace the Victoria river to its source , and to determine the character of the north - western interior , and afterwards to endeavor to find out a more direct tract than the circuitous route ...
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... object of this expedition was to determine how far astronomical observation may be improved by the elevation of telescopes into the higher regions of the atmosphere . Prof. S. carried with him the great equatorial telescope of the ...
... object of this expedition was to determine how far astronomical observation may be improved by the elevation of telescopes into the higher regions of the atmosphere . Prof. S. carried with him the great equatorial telescope of the ...
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... the definition proved admirable ; so much so , that not only once , but every night for a week , I could see that difficult test , B and C of Andromeda , as two distinct stars ; nor could I find any objects in the xiv NOTES BY THE EDITOR.
... the definition proved admirable ; so much so , that not only once , but every night for a week , I could see that difficult test , B and C of Andromeda , as two distinct stars ; nor could I find any objects in the xiv NOTES BY THE EDITOR.
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Сторінка xvi - ... other plants, adapted to the latitude and climate of the State of Maryland, and cause to be carefully noticed upon the records of said institution the character of said experiments, the kind of soil upon which they were undertaken, the system of cultivation adopted, the state of the atmosphere and...
Сторінка 260 - ... wrought into the forms and shapes required, provided that we increase the size and power of our machinery to the extent necessary to deal with such large masses of metal. A few minutes...
Сторінка 258 - ... carbon present allows a part of the oxygen to combine with the iron, which undergoes combustion and is converted into an oxide. At the excessive temperature that the metal has now acquired, the oxide as soon as formed undergoes fusion, and forms a powerful solvent of those earthy bases that are associated with the iron ; the violent ebullition which is going on mixes most intimately the...
Сторінка 305 - Stream, the sounding from Lat. 31° 32', Long. 79° 35', depth 150 fathoms, is mentioned as " a mixture in about equal proportions of Globigerina and black sand, probably greensand, as it makes a green mark when crushed on paper.
Сторінка 400 - STRENGTH AND OTHER PROPERTIES OF METALS; Reports of Experiments on the Strength and other Properties of Metals for Cannon. With a Description of the Machines for Testing Metals, and of the Classification of Cannon in service. By Officers of the Ordnance Department, US Army. By authority of the Secretary of War. Illustrated by 25 large steel plates. Quarto . $10.00 SULLIVAN. — Protection to Native Industry. By Sir EDWARD SULLIVAN, Baronet, author of " Ten Chapters on Social Reforms.
Сторінка 144 - May, and published in the proceedings, shows that a wire of six times the length of the Varna and Balaklava wire, if of the same lateral dimensions, would give thirty-six times the retardation, and thirty-six times the slowness of action.
Сторінка 400 - Gift of the State of New York. 13034, 0. 5. Sixth annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, &o.
Сторінка 395 - A communication from Professor Henry of Washington having been read, containing a proposal for the publication of a catalogue of philosophical memoirs scattered throughout the Transactions of Societies in Europe and America, with the offer of co-operation on the part of the Smithsonian Institution, to the extent of preparing and publishing in accordance with the general plan which might be adopted by the British Association, a catalogue of all the American memoirs on physical science, — the Committee...