Nature, Volume 67Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1903 - Electronic journals |
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Page xxvii - Determination of the Ratio of the Specific Heats at Constant Pressure and at Constant Volume for Air and Steam.
Page 189 - February to the secretary of the Institute. " The object of this scheme of scholarships is not to facilitate ordinary collegiate studies, but to enable students who have passed through a college curriculum or have been trained in industrial establishments, to conduct researches in the metallurgy of iron and steel and allied subjects, with the view of aiding its advance or its application to industry.
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Page 81 - Any proof of a Proposition will be accepted which appears to the Examiners to form part of a systematic treatment of the subject...
Page xxxvi - On an Inversion of Ideas as to the Structure of the Universe
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Page 192 - Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer „Valdivia" 1898—1899 Im Auftrage des Reichsamts des Innern herausgegeben von Carl Chun, Professor der Zoologie In Leipzig, Leiter der Expedition.