"Decimeter" Quotes from Famous Books
... the Amazon flows, which is almost a boundless plain, the gradient of the river bed is scarcely perceptible. It has been calculated that between Tabatinga on the Brazilian frontier, and the source of this huge body of water, the difference of level does not exceed a decimeter in each league. There is no other river in the world ... — Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon • Jules Verne
... plates, and their preparation before weighing. The main conclusion which he arrives at is this: That in order that the deposit should be proportional to the intensity of the current, the latter ought not to exceed seven amperes per square decimeter of area of ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 • Various |