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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... greater ex- tent of surface displayed on a site than if the same were horizontal . To illustrate this , let an orange be cut through in the middle , and the flat part , i . e . the section , be placed on a level table : it is evident ...
... greater ex- tent of surface displayed on a site than if the same were horizontal . To illustrate this , let an orange be cut through in the middle , and the flat part , i . e . the section , be placed on a level table : it is evident ...
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... arms are specifically lighter that salt water , and will be supported by it , so that a human body would not sink in salt water , though the lungs were filled as C above , but from the greater specfie gravi- ty of SWIMMING .
... arms are specifically lighter that salt water , and will be supported by it , so that a human body would not sink in salt water , though the lungs were filled as C above , but from the greater specfie gravi- ty of SWIMMING .
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... greater specfie gravi- ty of the head . 3. That therefore a person throwing himself on his back in salt water , and extending his arms , may easily fie so as to keep his mouth and nostrils free for breathing ; and , by a small motion of ...
... greater specfie gravi- ty of the head . 3. That therefore a person throwing himself on his back in salt water , and extending his arms , may easily fie so as to keep his mouth and nostrils free for breathing ; and , by a small motion of ...
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... greater extreme with the middle term being called the major propo- sition ; and the other , where the lesser ex- treme is compared with the middle term , being called the minor proposition . In a single act of reasoning , the premises ...
... greater extreme with the middle term being called the major propo- sition ; and the other , where the lesser ex- treme is compared with the middle term , being called the minor proposition . In a single act of reasoning , the premises ...
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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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