The student's atlas of physical geography, by E. Weller, J. BryceWilliam Collins, Sons, 1871 |
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... caused by the revolution on its own axis . To such a motion , indeed , the spherical form seemed necessary . To an ... cause of an eclipse , was seen to be always bounded by a circular arc ; and no body , in any position it may have ...
... caused by the revolution on its own axis . To such a motion , indeed , the spherical form seemed necessary . To an ... cause of an eclipse , was seen to be always bounded by a circular arc ; and no body , in any position it may have ...
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... cause alone , weigh at the pole 591 lbs . - such weight being estimated , of course , not by a pair of balances , but by some other contrivance , as a delicate spring . If it were possible to observe accurately the velocities of bodies ...
... cause alone , weigh at the pole 591 lbs . - such weight being estimated , of course , not by a pair of balances , but by some other contrivance , as a delicate spring . If it were possible to observe accurately the velocities of bodies ...
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... causes together make an increase of 1th of the whole , this fraction being the sum of the other two . So that a body which weighs 194 lbs . at the equator , will weigh 195 lbs . at the pole . 5. Dimensions of the Earth - Early Measures ...
... causes together make an increase of 1th of the whole , this fraction being the sum of the other two . So that a body which weighs 194 lbs . at the equator , will weigh 195 lbs . at the pole . 5. Dimensions of the Earth - Early Measures ...
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... balls but the attraction of the large ones . A de- flection in both cases was observed . This gave the intensity of the deflecting force and its ratio to the weight of the balls . The attraction caused the small 6 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... balls but the attraction of the large ones . A de- flection in both cases was observed . This gave the intensity of the deflecting force and its ratio to the weight of the balls . The attraction caused the small 6 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... caused the small balls to vibrate through a minute arc . The ratio of this was observed and compared with that of a pendulum , whose movement is due to the same cause ; and thus the relative intensities of the two attractions were ...
... caused the small balls to vibrate through a minute arc . The ratio of this was observed and compared with that of a pendulum , whose movement is due to the same cause ; and thus the relative intensities of the two attractions were ...
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16 Maps Africa Alps altitude America Antarctic Antarctic Circle Aral Sea Arctic Arctic Circle Asia Atlantic ATLAS Australia axis Baffins Bay basin beds Cape Caspian central centre chain Circle climate coast continent density desert direction distance Earth earthquakes east eastern Edw Weller elevation equator Europe fathoms Fcap feet Firth fossils GEOGRAPHY Glasgow globe Greenland Gulf Gulf Stream height highest hills Indian islands lake land latitude limestone Limit London & Glasgow lower meridian miles monsoon mountains northern hemisphere northwards Ocean Oolite Pacific parallel pass Physical Map plain plateau polar pole quadrupeds rain range reach Red Lion Squ regions ridges river rocks Sandstone shew shores side Silurian Snow Line southern species Spitzbergen Strait surface temperature tracts trees Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn valleys velocity volcanic William Collins wind World-shewing Yanteles zone