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Էջ 81 - I am further inclined to think, that when our views are sufficiently extended, to enable us to reason with precision concerning the proportions of elementary atoms, we shall find the arithmetical re.lation alone will not be sufficient to explain their mutual action, and that we shall be obliged to acquire a geometrical conception of their relative arrangement in all the three dimensions of solid extension.
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Էջ 282 - On an Anomaly encountered in Determinations of the Density of Nitrogen Gas," embodying the results obtained up to that time.
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Էջ xli - THE IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS. A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving Streams for Open Navigation and for Navigation by Means of Locks and Dams. By BF THOMAS, United States Assistant Engineer, Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers; and
Էջ 61 - Revolution, bequeathed the whole of his property, with a few trifling exceptions, "to the public, for the good of mankind and the improvement of science, in an Institution to be denominated Anderson's University...
Էջ 282 - I am much puzzled by some results on the density of nitrogen, and shall be obliged if any of your chemical readers can offer suggestions as to the cause. According to the methods of preparation I obtain two quite distinct values.
Էջ 131 - Dullard has been elected a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (USA ). The Right Rev. WLS Fleming, Bishop of Portsmouth, has been elected Bishop of Norwich. The Bishop holds the Polar Medal for his services as geologist, glaciologist and chaplain to the British Expedition to Graham Land...
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Էջ xxxix - The workers in the field of science are to-day reaping an unparalleled harvest, and we may congratulate ourselves that in this field at least we more than hold our own among the nations of the world.