Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Volumen2Royal Society of Edinburgh., 1850 Obituary notices are included in many of the volumes. |
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... portion of a lower terrace about 30 or 35 feet above the Carse , is found at the southwest foot of the rock of Stir- ling Castle ; and a portion of a terrace of the same height is seen in connection with the higher terrace , extending ...
... portion of a lower terrace about 30 or 35 feet above the Carse , is found at the southwest foot of the rock of Stir- ling Castle ; and a portion of a terrace of the same height is seen in connection with the higher terrace , extending ...
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... portions having been elevated , and some having sunk ; and that this breaking up of the strata , causing them to take various positions , the broken portions being inclined at different angles , some being vertical ; and that this ...
... portions having been elevated , and some having sunk ; and that this breaking up of the strata , causing them to take various positions , the broken portions being inclined at different angles , some being vertical ; and that this ...
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... portion , or the tints of the first order in the uni- axal system of polarised rings , or in the unequal refraction of com- mon light , which gives rise to the mirage of a luminous point , in the form of concentric circles surrounding ...
... portion , or the tints of the first order in the uni- axal system of polarised rings , or in the unequal refraction of com- mon light , which gives rise to the mirage of a luminous point , in the form of concentric circles surrounding ...
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... portion of the passage referred to : - “ Several causes appear capable of producing zones of different tension in masses semiliquified by heat . In a fragment of devitrified glass I have observed layers of spherulites , which appeared ...
... portion of the passage referred to : - “ Several causes appear capable of producing zones of different tension in masses semiliquified by heat . In a fragment of devitrified glass I have observed layers of spherulites , which appeared ...
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... portion of ground on the Calton Hill , on the condition that an Ob- servatory should be erected on it ; but it was not until about forty years afterwards that any instruments adapted to astronomical pur- poses were placed there , and ...
... portion of ground on the Calton Hill , on the condition that an Ob- servatory should be erected on it ; but it was not until about forty years afterwards that any instruments adapted to astronomical pur- poses were placed there , and ...
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