... liable. The exceeding precision with which magnetic observations can be made at sea, has been abundantly proved in the Antarctic Voyage of Sir James Ross, by which an invaluable mass of data has been thus secured to science. That voyage has also conferred... The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art - Seite 851846Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1845 - 774 Seiten
...invaluable mass of data has been thus secured to science. That voyage has also conferred another and most important accession to our knowledge in the striking...rise to a variety of speculations as to its cause; and I anticipate one of the most interesting discussions which have ever taken place in our Physical... | |
| William Laxton - 1845 - 564 Seiten
...invaluable mass of data has been thus secured to science. That voyage has also conferred another and most important accession to our knowledge in the striking...rise to a variety of speculations as to its cause ; and I anticipate one of the most interesting discussions which have ever taken place in our Physical... | |
| 1845 - 832 Seiten
...invaluable mass of data has been thus secured to science. That voyage has also conferred another and most important accession to our knowledge in the striking...than an inch of mercury, to what is found between the tropicg. A fact so novel and remarkable will of course give rise to a variety of speculations as to... | |
| 1845 - 488 Seiten
...proceedings in the Athenfeum and other journals.] Barometrical Pressure. — New Discovery Expedition. The Antarctic Voyage of Sir James Ross has conferred...the whole Antarctic ocean — a pressure actually infei ior by considerably more than an inch of mercury to what ia found between the tropics. A fact... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1845 - 474 Seiten
...journals.] Barometrical Pressure. — New Discovery Expedition. The Antarctic Voyage of Sir James Ilos» has conferred a most important accession to our knowledge...the whole Antarctic ocean — a pressure actually infeiiorby considerably more than an inch of mercury to what is found between the tropics. A fact so... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1846 - 520 Seiten
...invaluable mass of data has been thus secured to science. That voyage has also conferred another and most important accession to our knowledge in the striking...rise to a variety of speculations as to its cause ; and I anticipate one of the most interesting discussions which have ever taken place in our Physical... | |
| John M. Lynch - 2000 - 404 Seiten
...invaluable mass of data has been thus secured to science. That voyage has also conferred another and most important accession to our knowledge in the striking...rise to a variety of speculations as to its cause ; and I anticipate one of the most interesting discussions which have ever taken place in our Physical... | |
| 1847 - 724 Seiten
...science. The voyage has also conferred another and most important accession to our knowledge in tbe striking discovery of a permanently low barometric...whole Antarctic ocean, a pressure actually inferior by a considerably more than an inch of mercury, to what is found between the Tropics. " A fact so novel... | |
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