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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... instance in the former case is 12 , whose aliquot parts 6 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 , make 16 ; and in the latter case 16 , whose aliquot parts 8 , 4 , 2 , and 1 , make but 15. Plain num- ber , that arising from the multiplication of two numbers ...
... instance in the former case is 12 , whose aliquot parts 6 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 , make 16 ; and in the latter case 16 , whose aliquot parts 8 , 4 , 2 , and 1 , make but 15. Plain num- ber , that arising from the multiplication of two numbers ...
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... instance of which occurred under the administration of Mr. Adding- ton , who prosecuted a tinman for offering a sum of money to him for a place in the customs . Any contract to procure the nomina- tion to an office , not within the ...
... instance of which occurred under the administration of Mr. Adding- ton , who prosecuted a tinman for offering a sum of money to him for a place in the customs . Any contract to procure the nomina- tion to an office , not within the ...
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... instance of fixed oils being found in the seeds of plants which have only one lobe . Those seeds which yield the fixed oils contain also a considerable portion of mucilage , so that when such seeds are bruised and mixed with water ...
... instance of fixed oils being found in the seeds of plants which have only one lobe . Those seeds which yield the fixed oils contain also a considerable portion of mucilage , so that when such seeds are bruised and mixed with water ...
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... instance , from the fruit of the orange and the lemon . From the outer rind of these fruits , when they are fresh , the volatile oil is obtained in the liquid form ; but in general the volatile oils of plants are neither so abundant ...
... instance , from the fruit of the orange and the lemon . From the outer rind of these fruits , when they are fresh , the volatile oil is obtained in the liquid form ; but in general the volatile oils of plants are neither so abundant ...
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... instance , light is more refracted in passing from air into glass , than from air into water ; glass be- ing denser than water . And , in general , in any two given media , the sine of any one angle of incidence has the same ratio to ...
... instance , light is more refracted in passing from air into glass , than from air into water ; glass be- ing denser than water . And , in general , in any two given media , the sine of any one angle of incidence has the same ratio to ...
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