The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volumes 1-10Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 - Reference [1] Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica.--[2]-[11] Micropaedia: ready reference and index.--[12]-[30] Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. |
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... gases ( see ATMOSPHERE ) . Thus , the most probable explanation is that the Earth's atmosphere and the hydrosphere that condensed from it originally arose from within the Earth and thus most probably consisted of those gases that can ...
... gases ( see ATMOSPHERE ) . Thus , the most probable explanation is that the Earth's atmosphere and the hydrosphere that condensed from it originally arose from within the Earth and thus most probably consisted of those gases that can ...
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... gases by the solar wind . Changes in composition of the atmosphere have re- sulted from the photodissociation of water vapour , fol- lowed by escape of hydrogen from the Earth's gravity field , and from green - plant photosynthesis ...
... gases by the solar wind . Changes in composition of the atmosphere have re- sulted from the photodissociation of water vapour , fol- lowed by escape of hydrogen from the Earth's gravity field , and from green - plant photosynthesis ...
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... gases . One of the simplest and most direct deductions from the kinetic theory was that the molecules of gases must have high speeds , 1,000 feet per second more or less . Seemingly opposing this deduction , however , was the fact that ...
... gases . One of the simplest and most direct deductions from the kinetic theory was that the molecules of gases must have high speeds , 1,000 feet per second more or less . Seemingly opposing this deduction , however , was the fact that ...
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