The Edinburgh Review, Bind 30A. and C. Black, 1818 |
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Side 2
... tion , however interesting in a philosophical view , can only be regarded as an object of pure curiosity , and not likely to lead to any useful or practical results . Yet we think it befitting the character of a great maritime nation ...
... tion , however interesting in a philosophical view , can only be regarded as an object of pure curiosity , and not likely to lead to any useful or practical results . Yet we think it befitting the character of a great maritime nation ...
Side 6
... tion of heat over the globe . This we shall attempt to perform , independent of every hypothesis , by the direct appeal to expe- riment and observation . If , at any place we dig into the ground , we find , by the inser- tion of a ...
... tion of heat over the globe . This we shall attempt to perform , independent of every hypothesis , by the direct appeal to expe- riment and observation . If , at any place we dig into the ground , we find , by the inser- tion of a ...
Side 19
... tion of the air or the water , is adequate to the dissolution of all the ice produced in the course of the autumn , the win- ter , and the spring . It may be proved by experiment , that , under the Pole itself , the power of sun at the ...
... tion of the air or the water , is adequate to the dissolution of all the ice produced in the course of the autumn , the win- ter , and the spring . It may be proved by experiment , that , under the Pole itself , the power of sun at the ...
Side 30
... tion . Thus , of the years remarkably cold , 1622 was succeeded , after the interval of four periods , or 36 years , by 1658 , whose severity lasted through the following year . The same interval brings us to 1695 , and five periods ...
... tion . Thus , of the years remarkably cold , 1622 was succeeded , after the interval of four periods , or 36 years , by 1658 , whose severity lasted through the following year . The same interval brings us to 1695 , and five periods ...
Side 34
... tion from one year to another , and probably returns again to the same limits after certain short periods of time . Such fluc- tuations are analogous to the incessant changes which affect the state of the weather in the more temperate ...
... tion from one year to another , and probably returns again to the same limits after certain short periods of time . Such fluc- tuations are analogous to the incessant changes which affect the state of the weather in the more temperate ...
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