British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 12Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... equal to half a parallelogram of equal base and altitude ; as shewn un- der the head of GEOMETRY . Thirdly . That wherever there is a deviation from the horizontal , there will be a greater ex- tent of surface displayed on a site than ...
... equal to half a parallelogram of equal base and altitude ; as shewn un- der the head of GEOMETRY . Thirdly . That wherever there is a deviation from the horizontal , there will be a greater ex- tent of surface displayed on a site than ...
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... equal to the triangle DFA , and likewise simi- lar thereto , it is evident that , by transpos ing the former from the right to the left of the figure , it would make it rectangu- lar , as shown by the dotted line : there- fore multiply ...
... equal to the triangle DFA , and likewise simi- lar thereto , it is evident that , by transpos ing the former from the right to the left of the figure , it would make it rectangu- lar , as shown by the dotted line : there- fore multiply ...
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... equal to every branch of surveying . SUS , the hog , in natural history , a ge- nus of Mammalia , of the order of Belluæ . Generic character : four front teeth in the upper jaw , converging ; six in the lower , projecting : two tusks in ...
... equal to every branch of surveying . SUS , the hog , in natural history , a ge- nus of Mammalia , of the order of Belluæ . Generic character : four front teeth in the upper jaw , converging ; six in the lower , projecting : two tusks in ...
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... plane of the orbit is least of all . Add , that these several irregularities are not equal in each syzygy , but all somewhat greater in the conjunction than in the opposition . TAB TAC T , T. Ort , the nineteenth letter SYZ.
... plane of the orbit is least of all . Add , that these several irregularities are not equal in each syzygy , but all somewhat greater in the conjunction than in the opposition . TAB TAC T , T. Ort , the nineteenth letter SYZ.
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... equal and cadenced march , acquired and confirmed by habit , independently of music or sound : in the officer , precision and energy of command ; the preservation of just distances ; and the accurate leading of divisions on given points ...
... equal and cadenced march , acquired and confirmed by habit , independently of music or sound : in the officer , precision and energy of command ; the preservation of just distances ; and the accurate leading of divisions on given points ...
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