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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... multiplied by the labours of men fully quali- fied to display the subjects they have undertaken to dis- cuss : and the first characters in the various nations of Europe have been proud to rank their names and unite their exertions in ...
... multiplied by the labours of men fully quali- fied to display the subjects they have undertaken to dis- cuss : and the first characters in the various nations of Europe have been proud to rank their names and unite their exertions in ...
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... multiplied by that number . In churches we never hear a distinct echo of the voice , but a confused sound , when the speaker utters his words too rapidly ; because the greatest difference of distance between the direct and reflected ...
... multiplied by that number . In churches we never hear a distinct echo of the voice , but a confused sound , when the speaker utters his words too rapidly ; because the greatest difference of distance between the direct and reflected ...
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... multiplied four times into itself ; and so of the rest . But as it is necessary , before any progress can be made in the science of algebra , to understand the me- thod of notation , we shall here give a general view of it . In algebra ...
... multiplied four times into itself ; and so of the rest . But as it is necessary , before any progress can be made in the science of algebra , to understand the me- thod of notation , we shall here give a general view of it . In algebra ...
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... multiplied together , without any intervening sign , as a , or 2 ab , it is call- ed a simple quantity . But the quantity which consists of two or more such simple quantities , connected by the signs + or , is called a compound quantity ...
... multiplied together , without any intervening sign , as a , or 2 ab , it is call- ed a simple quantity . But the quantity which consists of two or more such simple quantities , connected by the signs + or , is called a compound quantity ...
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... multiplied by b ; ab c , the product of the three quantities a , b , and c . It is also indifferent in what order they are placed , a b and b X a being equal . To determine the sign of the product , ob- serve the following rule : If the ...
... multiplied by b ; ab c , the product of the three quantities a , b , and c . It is also indifferent in what order they are placed , a b and b X a being equal . To determine the sign of the product , ob- serve the following rule : If the ...
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