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... tion with the plane o P. The planes sometimes being curved , give the crystals a barley shaped appearance . Color lavender blue and yellowish white ; lustre pearly - subadamantine ; brittle . B.B. with microcosmic salt in the reducing ...
... tion with the plane o P. The planes sometimes being curved , give the crystals a barley shaped appearance . Color lavender blue and yellowish white ; lustre pearly - subadamantine ; brittle . B.B. with microcosmic salt in the reducing ...
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... tion of the observations made at the British Colonial Observato- ries , cannot fail to be highly acceptable to the Government which instituted it , and to the public who have paid for these establish- ments , as it must be most ...
... tion of the observations made at the British Colonial Observato- ries , cannot fail to be highly acceptable to the Government which instituted it , and to the public who have paid for these establish- ments , as it must be most ...
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appears generally applicable in the torrid zone : the annual varia- tion is considerable at all places where equatorial currents prevail when the sun's altitude is greatest , and polar currents when the sun's altitude is least ; and ...
appears generally applicable in the torrid zone : the annual varia- tion is considerable at all places where equatorial currents prevail when the sun's altitude is greatest , and polar currents when the sun's altitude is least ; and ...
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... tion . At the time I was there , the truth of these observations could not be confirmed by the English , as they had then been only a few years in possession of the fort , but they all agreed that some alteration in the limits of the ...
... tion . At the time I was there , the truth of these observations could not be confirmed by the English , as they had then been only a few years in possession of the fort , but they all agreed that some alteration in the limits of the ...
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... tion , and conformation , upon the prevalent winds and temperature , and upon other extraneous causes , which are in some measure variable in their nature , and unsteady in their operation . Colonel Whiting further remarks in another ...
... tion , and conformation , upon the prevalent winds and temperature , and upon other extraneous causes , which are in some measure variable in their nature , and unsteady in their operation . Colonel Whiting further remarks in another ...
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Seite 453 - Gift of the State of New York. 13034, 0. 5. Sixth annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, &o.
Seite 8 - Resolved, That hereafter the annual appropriations shall be apportioned specifically among the different objects and operations of the Institution in such manner as may, in the judgment of the Regents, be necessary and proper for each, according to its intrinsic importance, and a compliance in good faith with the law.
Seite 300 - An Introduction to Practical Astronomy, with a collection of Astronomical Tables ; by Prof. ELIAS LOOMIS, LL.D., &c. — Every cultivator of practical astronomy must have felt the want of some treatise embracing within moderate compass the requisite formulae and tables, together with descriptions of the most approved instruments and methods of observation.
Seite 316 - Temple, which afforded a good view of the entire scene. On a sudden, all traffic in the thronged mart was suspended, porters cleared the front street of every description of merchandise, boatmen ceased lading and unlading their vessels, and put out into the middle of the stream, so that a few moments sufficed to give a deserted appearance to the busiest part of one of the busiest cities of Asia.
Seite 299 - Parallel of latitude lying between Dona Ana on the Rio Grande and Pimas Villages on the Gila ; by Lieut.
Seite 2 - House whether the Smithsonian Institution has been managed, and its funds expended, in accordance with the law establishing the Institution ; and whether any additional legislation be necessary to carry out the designs of its founders, and that said committee have power to send for persons and papers.
Seite 179 - ... of the point. Grains of sand were thus pouring over the rocks in countless myriads, under the influence of the powerful current of air which seems to sweep constantly through this pass from the ocean to the interior. Wherever I turned my eyes, — on the horizontal tables of rock, or on the vertical faces turned to the wind, — the effects of the sand were visible: there was not a point untouched, — the grains had engraved their track on every stone. Even quartz was cut away and polished;...