Nature, Bind 20Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1879 |
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... inches at Maulmain , -in one exceptional year to 228 inches . During this period the great Irrawaddy rises 40 feet above its summer level and floods the surrounding lowlands , whilst its main cur- rent travels with a velocity of five ...
... inches at Maulmain , -in one exceptional year to 228 inches . During this period the great Irrawaddy rises 40 feet above its summer level and floods the surrounding lowlands , whilst its main cur- rent travels with a velocity of five ...
Side 20
... inches from it , but does not do so with certainty through a distance of 4 inches . But when the quantity of the fulminate is just inserted into one end of a stout glass tube 0.5 inch in diameter , and 3 feet long , its detonation is ...
... inches from it , but does not do so with certainty through a distance of 4 inches . But when the quantity of the fulminate is just inserted into one end of a stout glass tube 0.5 inch in diameter , and 3 feet long , its detonation is ...
Side 21
... inch from the gun- cotton ; while withoz . of the latter , the same effect was pro- duced with an intervening space of 3 inches between the two substances . But on attempting to apply nitro - glycerine to the detonation of gun - cotton ...
... inch from the gun- cotton ; while withoz . of the latter , the same effect was pro- duced with an intervening space of 3 inches between the two substances . But on attempting to apply nitro - glycerine to the detonation of gun - cotton ...
Side 35
... inches , is sufficient to faintly light a room . ( b . ) The South Africa phosphoresce with a blue light . Diamonds Diamond is very phophorescent . Most diamonds from from other localities shine with different colours , such as bright ...
... inches , is sufficient to faintly light a room . ( b . ) The South Africa phosphoresce with a blue light . Diamonds Diamond is very phophorescent . Most diamonds from from other localities shine with different colours , such as bright ...
Side 36
... inches . Spring - Strike . 8 - inch Dials . for leap year . The axis of the month drum carries an irregular shaped ... inches , or 41 feet 8 inches long , and the instrument is thus equi- valent to a straight rule 83 feet 4 inches long ...
... inches . Spring - Strike . 8 - inch Dials . for leap year . The axis of the month drum carries an irregular shaped ... inches , or 41 feet 8 inches long , and the instrument is thus equi- valent to a straight rule 83 feet 4 inches long ...
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