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... magnetic moment Methods of constitu- tional amend- ment Other differences among constitu-. The classic pre - World War II measurements of the constant c are associated with Albert A. Michelson , a physicist in the United States . From ...
... magnetic moment Methods of constitu- tional amend- ment Other differences among constitu-. The classic pre - World War II measurements of the constant c are associated with Albert A. Michelson , a physicist in the United States . From ...
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... magnetic field is known to be varying slowly in both its intensity and direction . In fact , change seems to have been the rule throughout all of the Earth's past . Magnetic minerals in rocks and in articles of fired clay provide the ...
... magnetic field is known to be varying slowly in both its intensity and direction . In fact , change seems to have been the rule throughout all of the Earth's past . Magnetic minerals in rocks and in articles of fired clay provide the ...
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... magnetic intensity are like time lines and their magnetic contrast with adjacent bands is ascribed to repeated reversals of the Earth's magnetic field . It is noteworthy that the first few stripes adjacent to the Mid- Atlantic rift have ...
... magnetic intensity are like time lines and their magnetic contrast with adjacent bands is ascribed to repeated reversals of the Earth's magnetic field . It is noteworthy that the first few stripes adjacent to the Mid- Atlantic rift have ...
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