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Scientific American, Vol. 34, No. 16 (1876) (1876)

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sed by the at- wind to come more and more from the eastward, and it will 350 feet (longitude 15° 34’ E.): semi-minor axis 20,919,972 traction of mountains or dense rocks at the places in ques- change to northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, feet (longitude 105° 34’ E.): difference… … Now in order to determine the dimexsions of the earth so only by the particles of matter below it, the stratum above accurately, numerous arcs of meridians had to be measured. it exerting no influence upon it whatever. More accurately For this purpose two stations, say two hundred miles apart,…

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