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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... falling acci- dentally into the water , could have pre- sence of mind sufficient to avoid struggling and plunging , and to let the body take this natural position , he might continue long safe from drowning , till perhaps help would ...
... falling acci- dentally into the water , could have pre- sence of mind sufficient to avoid struggling and plunging , and to let the body take this natural position , he might continue long safe from drowning , till perhaps help would ...
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... falling off , and re- turning to her former situation . These are accordingly laid aback on the lee- side , to push the vessel's fore - part to- wards the appointed side , till she has fallen into the line of her course thereon , and ...
... falling off , and re- turning to her former situation . These are accordingly laid aback on the lee- side , to push the vessel's fore - part to- wards the appointed side , till she has fallen into the line of her course thereon , and ...
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... falling when the haul - yards may be severed by cannon shot : materials for repairing the rigging are also placed in readiness ; shot plugs , for stopping holes near or under the surface of the water , are dispensed ; and every ...
... falling when the haul - yards may be severed by cannon shot : materials for repairing the rigging are also placed in readiness ; shot plugs , for stopping holes near or under the surface of the water , are dispensed ; and every ...
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... fall in the right line , FC S , ( fig . 11. ) : whence it ap- pears , that if the motion of the point , p , along the line , mg , was to become uni form at C , that point would then move in the right line , C S , instead of the curve ...
... fall in the right line , FC S , ( fig . 11. ) : whence it ap- pears , that if the motion of the point , p , along the line , mg , was to become uni form at C , that point would then move in the right line , C S , instead of the curve ...
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... fall upon the lens , AB , in the same manner as if a real object were situated at rq p ; and , of course , on the other side of that lens the rays of each pencil will proceed parallel . Now to the eye at O , the apparent magni- tude of ...
... fall upon the lens , AB , in the same manner as if a real object were situated at rq p ; and , of course , on the other side of that lens the rays of each pencil will proceed parallel . Now to the eye at O , the apparent magni- tude of ...
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