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... Curves and Surfaces , with numerous Examples . Proceedings of the Royal Society : - 319 Mr. J. N. Lockyer on the Molecular Structure of Vapours in connexion with their Densities 320 Mr. J. N. Lockyer on a new Class of Absorption Pheno ...
... Curves and Surfaces , with numerous Examples . Proceedings of the Royal Society : - 319 Mr. J. N. Lockyer on the Molecular Structure of Vapours in connexion with their Densities 320 Mr. J. N. Lockyer on a new Class of Absorption Pheno ...
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... curve of double curvature . It will be nearly horizontal over a long space in the middle , if the objects are very numerous ; it will bend down at one end until it is nearly vertical , and it will rise up at the other end until there ...
... curve of double curvature . It will be nearly horizontal over a long space in the middle , if the objects are very numerous ; it will bend down at one end until it is nearly vertical , and it will rise up at the other end until there ...
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... curve will be q - m of fig . 1 , or the probable error . This latter unit is equally applicable to what we may call the binomial ogive , which is the curve drawn with a free hand through the grades . The justification for such a ...
... curve will be q - m of fig . 1 , or the probable error . This latter unit is equally applicable to what we may call the binomial ogive , which is the curve drawn with a free hand through the grades . The justification for such a ...
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... curve . Lastly , I shall show by quite a different line of argument that the expo- nential view contains inherent contradictions when nature is ap- pealed to , that the binomial of a moderate power is the truer one , and that we have ...
... curve . Lastly , I shall show by quite a different line of argument that the expo- nential view contains inherent contradictions when nature is ap- pealed to , that the binomial of a moderate power is the truer one , and that we have ...
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... curve is drawn through them , which gives as their mean value 8.5 , as it ought to do . Now , referring to our p and q at the 250th division from either end , I measure the value of q ― m ( or m - p ) , which is the unit to which I must ...
... curve is drawn through them , which gives as their mean value 8.5 , as it ought to do . Now , referring to our p and q at the 250th division from either end , I measure the value of q ― m ( or m - p ) , which is the unit to which I must ...
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