Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 108W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for Lockyer Davis, printer to the Royal Society, 1818 |
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... Pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London . By Capt . Henry Kater , F. R. S. p . 33 p . 110 V. On the length of the French Mètre estimated in parts of the English standard . By Captain Henry Kater , F. R. S. p.103 VI . A few ...
... Pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London . By Capt . Henry Kater , F. R. S. p . 33 p . 110 V. On the length of the French Mètre estimated in parts of the English standard . By Captain Henry Kater , F. R. S. p.103 VI . A few ...
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... Pendulum . And they adjudged the Gold and Silver Medals , on the Do- nation of BENJAMIN COUNT of RUMFORD , to SIR HUMPHRY DAVY , LL.D. F. R. S. for his Papers on Combustion and Flame , published in the last Volume of the Philosophical ...
... Pendulum . And they adjudged the Gold and Silver Medals , on the Do- nation of BENJAMIN COUNT of RUMFORD , to SIR HUMPHRY DAVY , LL.D. F. R. S. for his Papers on Combustion and Flame , published in the last Volume of the Philosophical ...
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... Pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London . By Capt . Henry Kater , F. R. S. To Read January 29 , 1818 . o determine the distance between the point of suspension and centre of oscillation of a pendulum vibrating seconds in a ...
... Pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London . By Capt . Henry Kater , F. R. S. To Read January 29 , 1818 . o determine the distance between the point of suspension and centre of oscillation of a pendulum vibrating seconds in a ...
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... pendulum of which I might avail myself with greater probability of success ; and I was so fortunate as to perceive one , which promised an unexceptionable result . It is known that the centres of suspension and oscillation are reci ...
... pendulum of which I might avail myself with greater probability of success ; and I was so fortunate as to perceive one , which promised an unexceptionable result . It is known that the centres of suspension and oscillation are reci ...
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... pendulum , it became of considerable im- portance to select a mode of suspension equally free from objection ... pendulum by means of a compound pendulum vibrating on two axes , but it appears that the method of M. de PRONY consists in ...
... pendulum , it became of considerable im- portance to select a mode of suspension equally free from objection ... pendulum by means of a compound pendulum vibrating on two axes , but it appears that the method of M. de PRONY consists in ...
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