The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... passing exactly through its axis when at rest , and then , remaining in the same direction , were moved transversely ... pass- ing from the planet to the earth ; then com- puting the planet's geocentric motion in this time , will give ...
... passing exactly through its axis when at rest , and then , remaining in the same direction , were moved transversely ... pass- ing from the planet to the earth ; then com- puting the planet's geocentric motion in this time , will give ...
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... , E , F , G , H , I , & c . each of these points becomes a new centre of pulses by the first principles , and therefore from each of them one series of pulses will pass C It is to be observed , that the actions of ACOUSTICS .
... , E , F , G , H , I , & c . each of these points becomes a new centre of pulses by the first principles , and therefore from each of them one series of pulses will pass C It is to be observed , that the actions of ACOUSTICS .
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... pass through it . Behind the partition , at the distance of a few feet , place another mirror GH , of the same size as the former , and directly opposite to it . At the point C is to be placed the figure of a man seated on a pedestal ...
... pass through it . Behind the partition , at the distance of a few feet , place another mirror GH , of the same size as the former , and directly opposite to it . At the point C is to be placed the figure of a man seated on a pedestal ...
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... pass through the figure , and under the floor , to come up behind the partition . Let a person properly instructed be placed behind the partition , near the mirror ; any one may now whisper into the ear of the image , with the assurance ...
... pass through the figure , and under the floor , to come up behind the partition . Let a person properly instructed be placed behind the partition , near the mirror ; any one may now whisper into the ear of the image , with the assurance ...
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... pass away without the use of the pump . ADJUTAGE , or AJUTAGE , in hydrau- lics , the tube fitted to the mouth of a pipe through which a fountain plays . See Hy- DRAULICS . ADJUTANT , in the military art , an of- fieer whose business it ...
... pass away without the use of the pump . ADJUTAGE , or AJUTAGE , in hydrau- lics , the tube fitted to the mouth of a pipe through which a fountain plays . See Hy- DRAULICS . ADJUTANT , in the military art , an of- fieer whose business it ...
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