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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... surface of a sphere , whose radius is equal to the length of the tube , is greater than the surface of the segment of such a sphere whose base is the orifice of the tube . For a person speaking at B , without the tube , will have the ...
... surface of a sphere , whose radius is equal to the length of the tube , is greater than the surface of the segment of such a sphere whose base is the orifice of the tube . For a person speaking at B , without the tube , will have the ...
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... surface of the ob- long spheroid , generated by the revolution of this ellipse round its major axis . See CONIC SECTIONS . As there may be several spheroids of different magnitudes , so there may be several different echoes of the same ...
... surface of the ob- long spheroid , generated by the revolution of this ellipse round its major axis . See CONIC SECTIONS . As there may be several spheroids of different magnitudes , so there may be several different echoes of the same ...
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... surface may be so formed , as that the pulses which come to the ear after two re- flections or more , may , after having de- scribed 127 feet or more , arrive at the ear in sufficient numbers , and also so nearly at the same instant ...
... surface may be so formed , as that the pulses which come to the ear after two re- flections or more , may , after having de- scribed 127 feet or more , arrive at the ear in sufficient numbers , and also so nearly at the same instant ...
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... surface of the leaf . There are 45 species distributed into different classes . Few of the species have been introduced into gardens . Those of Europe may be preserved in pots , filled with gravel and lime - rubbish , or planted on ...
... surface of the leaf . There are 45 species distributed into different classes . Few of the species have been introduced into gardens . Those of Europe may be preserved in pots , filled with gravel and lime - rubbish , or planted on ...
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... surface of contact one - tenth of an inch in diameter ; or between solids and fluids , as the suspension of water in ca- pillary tubes ; or lastly , between two fluids , as oil and water . About the same time Mr. Hanksbee proved ...
... surface of contact one - tenth of an inch in diameter ; or between solids and fluids , as the suspension of water in ca- pillary tubes ; or lastly , between two fluids , as oil and water . About the same time Mr. Hanksbee proved ...
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