𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

The meaning of celestial mechanics in the Kosmos of Alexander von Humboldt

✍ Scribed by F. Schmeidler

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1984
Tongue
English
Weight
147 KB
Volume
34
Category
Article
ISSN
1572-9478

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

πŸ“œ SIMILAR VOLUMES

Alexander von Humboldt's Vasa Parrot Cor
Alexander von Humboldt's Vasa Parrot Coracopsis vasa in the collection of the Museum of Natural History, Berlin
✍ RΓΌdiger Becker; JΓΌrgen Fiebig πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 2008 πŸ› Pensoft Publishers 🌐 English βš– 576 KB

The history of an old mounted bird specimen in the ornithological collection of the Natural History Museum in Berlin is described. This female bird, called "Jacob" by its owner, is a Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis vasa) which lived 30 years up to its death as Alexander von Humboldt's pet. In contrast to mo

On the meaning of absolute systems in me
On the meaning of absolute systems in mechanics and physics
✍ H. Zanstra πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1946 πŸ› Elsevier Science βš– 474 KB

Though the word "absolute" in the sense of "not implying any relations" has lost its original meaning, it is still freely used. It is proposed to define an absolute system of reference in the new sense as one which is privileged, because it gives rise to a maximum of simplicity for the expression of