British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... angle of the east , and , if continued , passes through the poles of the ecliptic ; whence the altitude of the nonagesimal at a given time , under a given elevation of the pole , is easily found . If the altitude of the nonagesimal be ...
... angle of the east , and , if continued , passes through the poles of the ecliptic ; whence the altitude of the nonagesimal at a given time , under a given elevation of the pole , is easily found . If the altitude of the nonagesimal be ...
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... angles . In a regu- lar nonagon , or that the sides and angles of which are equal , if each side be 1 , its 4 area will be 6.182 , nearly of the tan- gent of 70 ° to the radius . 9 NON claim , in law , where a person has a demand upon ...
... angles . In a regu- lar nonagon , or that the sides and angles of which are equal , if each side be 1 , its 4 area will be 6.182 , nearly of the tan- gent of 70 ° to the radius . 9 NON claim , in law , where a person has a demand upon ...
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... angle , and the scale which he invented for this purpose , though it has received some improvements , is still called the Nonius , his latinized name . His works are numerous . NUT - galls are excrescences formed on leaves of the oak by ...
... angle , and the scale which he invented for this purpose , though it has received some improvements , is still called the Nonius , his latinized name . His works are numerous . NUT - galls are excrescences formed on leaves of the oak by ...
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... angle except a right one . See ANGLE . OBLIQUE cases , in grammar , are all the cases except the nominative . OBLIQUE line , that which , falling on an- other line , makes oblique angles with it , viz . one acute , and the other obtuse ...
... angle except a right one . See ANGLE . OBLIQUE cases , in grammar , are all the cases except the nominative . OBLIQUE line , that which , falling on an- other line , makes oblique angles with it , viz . one acute , and the other obtuse ...
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... angle m fu , or bf c , will be known ; and then the axis , h fo , must be depressed half the quantity of this given angle , if the star passed below b , or must be raised so much higher , if above it ; and then the trial must be ...
... angle m fu , or bf c , will be known ; and then the axis , h fo , must be depressed half the quantity of this given angle , if the star passed below b , or must be raised so much higher , if above it ; and then the trial must be ...
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