Annals of Philosophy, Volume 22Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1823 - Agriculture |
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... side , there would be but a partial escape , and even if it took place in a building in the vicinity of the Retort House , from the levity of the gas , it would have a tendency to make its way through the upper part of the building ...
... side , there would be but a partial escape , and even if it took place in a building in the vicinity of the Retort House , from the levity of the gas , it would have a tendency to make its way through the upper part of the building ...
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... side by the curved 5 . b line hl . Thus while the exterior sea 3 is covered with a high surf , the part 4 has only the lateral agitation ; and the harbour 5 , being acted on by the same force only through the entrance h 1 , is nearly ...
... side by the curved 5 . b line hl . Thus while the exterior sea 3 is covered with a high surf , the part 4 has only the lateral agitation ; and the harbour 5 , being acted on by the same force only through the entrance h 1 , is nearly ...
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... side , and basalt and amygdaloid on the other , have both been observed . Sandstone and quartzrock , granular and compact limestone , clayslate , siliceous slate , alumslate , and even beds of whetslate occur . The slate itself is ...
... side , and basalt and amygdaloid on the other , have both been observed . Sandstone and quartzrock , granular and compact limestone , clayslate , siliceous slate , alumslate , and even beds of whetslate occur . The slate itself is ...
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... sides by primitive mountains , having , therefore , no immediate connexion with each other , and generally containing ... side of the Firth of Christiania , is partly bordered by transition rocks of this system . Another branch passes ...
... sides by primitive mountains , having , therefore , no immediate connexion with each other , and generally containing ... side of the Firth of Christiania , is partly bordered by transition rocks of this system . Another branch passes ...
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... side of the Lake Siljan , a number of beds of limestone alternate with beds of granite , both in a nearly vertical position , and in a direction nearly north and south ; their elevation above the lake amounts from 150 to 200 feet . On ...
... side of the Lake Siljan , a number of beds of limestone alternate with beds of granite , both in a nearly vertical position , and in a direction nearly north and south ; their elevation above the lake amounts from 150 to 200 feet . On ...
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Page 346 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Page 376 - If now a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen and one volume of oxygen is introduced into...
Page 110 - From the foregoing statements it may be safely inferred that " the mean height of the barometer at the level of the sea being the same in every part of the globe...
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Page 468 - ... fracture and a vitreous lustre. These results were nearly uniform, in various trials ; and every thing seems to indicate that were the diamond a good conductor, it would be melted by the deflagrator ; and were it incombustible, a globule would be obtained by the compound blow-pipe.
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