The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science

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Taylor & Francis, 1865
 

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Seite 330 - for ascertaining and applying " the deviations of the compass caused by the iron in a ship.
Seite 234 - THERE is not, perhaps, another object in the heavens that presents us with such a variety of extraordinary phenomena as the planet Saturn. A magnificent globe, encompassed by a stupendous double ring, attended by seven satellites, ornamented with equatorial belts, compressed at the poles; turning...
Seite 67 - It is a remarkable phenomenon, belonging rather to moral and social than to physical science, that a people tending naturally to be regulated by common sense should voluntarily condemn themselves, as the British have so long done, to unnecessary hard labour in every action of common business or scientific work related to measurement, from which all the other nations of Europe have emancipated themselves.
Seite 319 - Science, a knowledge of which affords so much pleasure to the traveller in all parts of the world. In the more expensive Collections some of the specimens are rare, and all more select.
Seite 233 - Saturn and its System. By RICHARD A. PROCTOR, BA late Scholar of St. John's Coll.
Seite 174 - The faint blue which the sky exhibits at the earth's surface is therefore not the blue of the first order, and is merely the blue of the second or third order, rendered paler by the light reflected from the aqueous vapour in the lower regions of the atmosphere.
Seite 399 - The flask was permitted to remain for eight days in the mixture, which was preserved throughout at a temperature of 0° C. During this time a number of very regular and sharply defined ice-crystals were formed, and augmented very slowly in size. This is perhaps the best method of obtaining beautifully formed crystals of ice. ' While, therefore, the outer ice which had to support...
Seite 160 - Guineas each, with every requisite to assist those commencing the study of this interesting science, a knowledge of which affords so much pleasure to the traveller in all parts of the world. * A collection for Five Guineas which will illustrate the recent works on Geology by Ansted, Buckland.
Seite 80 - Record is to give, In an annual volume, reports on, abstracts of, and an index to, the various zoological publications which have appeared in the preceding year; to acquaint zoologists with the progress of every branch of their science in all parts of the globe; and to form a repertory which will retain its value for the student of future years.
Seite 186 - At the hour of 6 or 7 in the morning the annual variation is a maximum, disappearing at a quarter before 10 AM, and reaching a second (secondary) maximum value at 1 PM It almost disappears soon after 5 PM, and a third still smaller maximum is reached after 9 PM Half an hour before midnight, the annual variation again disappears.

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