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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... figure of the parts , and replacement is perfectly easy . Inflammation must be guarded against afterwards . The ankle may be dislocated outwards , the fibula being at the same time broken . This is generally a compound luxation ; the ...
... figure of the parts , and replacement is perfectly easy . Inflammation must be guarded against afterwards . The ankle may be dislocated outwards , the fibula being at the same time broken . This is generally a compound luxation ; the ...
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... figure may , either directly or circuitously , be commuted into a triangle , of corresponding area : but it may be necessary , at the same time , to observe , that the squaring of the circle has not hitherto been per- fected ; though we ...
... figure may , either directly or circuitously , be commuted into a triangle , of corresponding area : but it may be necessary , at the same time , to observe , that the squaring of the circle has not hitherto been per- fected ; though we ...
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... figure ACBD . Proposition V. " To ascertain the area of the trapezium , ABCD . " This figure is no where parallel , and has all its sides of unequal lengths . The easiest mode of surveying it is , by drawing a diagonal be- tween the two ...
... figure ACBD . Proposition V. " To ascertain the area of the trapezium , ABCD . " This figure is no where parallel , and has all its sides of unequal lengths . The easiest mode of surveying it is , by drawing a diagonal be- tween the two ...
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... figures written on the sides of the lines proceeding to the four corners ex- press their several distances from the cen- tre of the plain - table . This mode of sur- veying is peculiarly suited to small sur- veys , especially to the ...
... figures written on the sides of the lines proceeding to the four corners ex- press their several distances from the cen- tre of the plain - table . This mode of sur- veying is peculiarly suited to small sur- veys , especially to the ...
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... figures of syllogism . But besides this distinction of syllo- gisms into different figures , there is also a further subdivision of them in every figure , called modes or moods . See Moon . These distinctions of syllogism , accord- ing to ...
... figures of syllogism . But besides this distinction of syllo- gisms into different figures , there is also a further subdivision of them in every figure , called modes or moods . See Moon . These distinctions of syllogism , accord- ing to ...
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