The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 páginas |
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... meet with an oxide con- taining more than 4 and less than 18 parts of the oxygen in 100 ; but if we should do so , we can nearly anticipate that such proportion will be 9. And hence , as these proportions , though constantly true to ...
... meet with an oxide con- taining more than 4 and less than 18 parts of the oxygen in 100 ; but if we should do so , we can nearly anticipate that such proportion will be 9. And hence , as these proportions , though constantly true to ...
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... meet with resistance from a variety of causes , as the friction of the atmosphere , the friction of the green cloth , and at last a contact with one of the sides of the table , or with the ball against which it is directed . In this ...
... meet with resistance from a variety of causes , as the friction of the atmosphere , the friction of the green cloth , and at last a contact with one of the sides of the table , or with the ball against which it is directed . In this ...
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... meet with them of two kinds : CEMENTED , or composed of grains , or nodules , agglutinated by a cement , as sandstone and breccia or pudding - stone ; and AGGREGATED , or composed of parts connected without a cement , as granite and ...
... meet with them of two kinds : CEMENTED , or composed of grains , or nodules , agglutinated by a cement , as sandstone and breccia or pudding - stone ; and AGGREGATED , or composed of parts connected without a cement , as granite and ...
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... meet with beds of not less than eight other kinds of rock , as though dropped into them by accident - as topaz , another kind of porphyry , serpentine , limestone , flint - slate , and trap , quartz , and gypsum ; which are hence called ...
... meet with beds of not less than eight other kinds of rock , as though dropped into them by accident - as topaz , another kind of porphyry , serpentine , limestone , flint - slate , and trap , quartz , and gypsum ; which are hence called ...
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... meet with it in the warmest parts of Asia and Barbary , prowling at night in flocks of one or two hundred individuals . The extensive TURBARIES or PEAT - FIELDS , which are so common to many parts of Europe , are produced by an ...
... meet with it in the warmest parts of Asia and Barbary , prowling at night in flocks of one or two hundred individuals . The extensive TURBARIES or PEAT - FIELDS , which are so common to many parts of Europe , are produced by an ...
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