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Royal Society of Edinburgh. PAGE Note on an Identity . By Professor Tait , APPENDIX : - The Thermo - Electric Properties of Cobalt . By Messrs C. G. Knott , J. Gordon MacGregor , and C. Michie Smith , . Notice of some Recent Atmospheric ...
Royal Society of Edinburgh. PAGE Note on an Identity . By Professor Tait , APPENDIX : - The Thermo - Electric Properties of Cobalt . By Messrs C. G. Knott , J. Gordon MacGregor , and C. Michie Smith , . Notice of some Recent Atmospheric ...
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Royal Society of Edinburgh. Monday , 6th December 1875 . DAVID MILNE HOME , Esq . , of Wedderburn , LL.D. , Senior Vice - President , in the Chair . The Chairman delivered the following opening Address : - • Gentlemen , FellOWS OF THE ...
Royal Society of Edinburgh. Monday , 6th December 1875 . DAVID MILNE HOME , Esq . , of Wedderburn , LL.D. , Senior Vice - President , in the Chair . The Chairman delivered the following opening Address : - • Gentlemen , FellOWS OF THE ...
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Royal Society of Edinburgh. read . Many interesting experiments were shown at our meetings ; and in particular , our President , at one of our meetings , exhibited and explained his wonderful tide - calculating machine , by means of ...
Royal Society of Edinburgh. read . Many interesting experiments were shown at our meetings ; and in particular , our President , at one of our meetings , exhibited and explained his wonderful tide - calculating machine , by means of ...
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... Societies both in Great Britain and on the Continent are very numerous . They were always characterised by great ... Society in 1836 , a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1855 , a Foreign Member of the French Institute in 1873. In ...
... Societies both in Great Britain and on the Continent are very numerous . They were always characterised by great ... Society in 1836 , a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1855 , a Foreign Member of the French Institute in 1873. In ...
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Royal Society of Edinburgh. He also went to Germany , spending some time in the principal University cities , and endeavouring to acquire knowledge beyond what he had already obtained . One of his acquisitions on the Continent was ...
Royal Society of Edinburgh. He also went to Germany , spending some time in the principal University cities , and endeavouring to acquire knowledge beyond what he had already obtained . One of his acquisitions on the Continent was ...
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