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... B. SIL- LIMAN , Jr. , and J. D. WHITNEY , XXXIV . On our Sense of the Vertical and Horizontal , and on our Perception of Distance ; by Lieut . E. B. HUNT , - ˇ 361 368 XXXV . Biographical Notices of Edward Forbes , and others vi CONTENTS .
... B. SIL- LIMAN , Jr. , and J. D. WHITNEY , XXXIV . On our Sense of the Vertical and Horizontal , and on our Perception of Distance ; by Lieut . E. B. HUNT , - ˇ 361 368 XXXV . Biographical Notices of Edward Forbes , and others vi CONTENTS .
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... vertical ; and at the winter solstice from the points that lie to the south of the prime vertical . The former system of points . are nearer to the zenith than the latter , and hence the deflection , so far as it depends on the radial ...
... vertical ; and at the winter solstice from the points that lie to the south of the prime vertical . The former system of points . are nearer to the zenith than the latter , and hence the deflection , so far as it depends on the radial ...
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... vertical ( p . 32 ) , and the greatest action to augment the horizontal force before the passage across the prime vertical in the afternoon . The annual variation of the hour of the principal minimum is another consequence of the change ...
... vertical ( p . 32 ) , and the greatest action to augment the horizontal force before the passage across the prime vertical in the afternoon . The annual variation of the hour of the principal minimum is another consequence of the change ...
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... VERTICAL FORCE . - Diurnal and Annual Variations . - It is first to be observed that , agreeably to the general theory which is under consideration , the diurnal and annual variations of the vertical force are to be referred entirely to ...
... VERTICAL FORCE . - Diurnal and Annual Variations . - It is first to be observed that , agreeably to the general theory which is under consideration , the diurnal and annual variations of the vertical force are to be referred entirely to ...
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... vertical force in proportion to the amount of their difference of intensity . Any variations that may take place in this difference will accordingly be attended with va- riations in the intensity of the vertical force . If we ...
... vertical force in proportion to the amount of their difference of intensity . Any variations that may take place in this difference will accordingly be attended with va- riations in the intensity of the vertical force . If we ...
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Síđa 242 - ... to be seen in the cabinets of Europe. 48. ANGLESITE. This mineral is found abundantly and in beautiful crystals at this locality. The magnificence of many of the specimens can only be realized by seeing those in Mr. Wheatley's cabinet. The crystals are remarkable for their size and transparency — in some instances they weigh nearly half a pound, being as transparent as rock crystal in nearly every part.
Síđa 390 - March, 1854, and was honored with a public funeral as a mark of the respect in which he was held by the authorities and inhabitants of the district. His loss is the more to be regretted, inasmuch as it disappoints those hopes held forth by my predecessor last year, in allusion to the geological discoveries to be expected from Dr. Stanger, who was to have undertaken an official geological exploration of the province of Natal. * * * ' * * # * The only loss we have sustained amongst our Foreign Associciates...
Síđa 241 - The gneissic strata of the tract embracing this group of lead-bearing veins, seem lo differ in no essential features from the rest of the formation ranging eastward and westward through this belt of country. Here, as elsewhere, they consist chiefly of soft...
Síđa 51 - That they happen at all seasons of the year and at all hours of the day ; but that they are generally most severe in the spring and in the autumn.