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Page 611
... measurements are taken periodically with flow meters . Precipitation reaching a lake's surface directly may be the ... measurement of vapour fluxes is an extreme- ly intricate proposition , as motions over a water surface are usually ...
... measurements are taken periodically with flow meters . Precipitation reaching a lake's surface directly may be the ... measurement of vapour fluxes is an extreme- ly intricate proposition , as motions over a water surface are usually ...
Page 950
... measurement of the constant of aberration is in practice one of the more difficult in astronomy because a comparison has to be made between star positions measured at a time interval of some six months . Since Bradley's measurements ...
... measurement of the constant of aberration is in practice one of the more difficult in astronomy because a comparison has to be made between star positions measured at a time interval of some six months . Since Bradley's measurements ...
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... measured at the ground . From this measurement the amount of cur- rent in the lightning channel can be deduced . A direct strike to an instrumented tower , on the other hand , will allow the current to flow through a known resistance ...
... measured at the ground . From this measurement the amount of cur- rent in the lightning channel can be deduced . A direct strike to an instrumented tower , on the other hand , will allow the current to flow through a known resistance ...
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