The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 6 |
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... divided into several departments . The fluid being thus spread out on an exten . sive surface , quickly evaporates , and by sluices it is removed from one department to another , so that when it arrives at the last , it is a strong ...
... divided into several departments . The fluid being thus spread out on an exten . sive surface , quickly evaporates , and by sluices it is removed from one department to another , so that when it arrives at the last , it is a strong ...
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... divided into three equal parts , the diameter of the ring is about seven of these parts . The ring is detached from the body of Saturn in such a manner , that the dis- tance between the innermost part of the ring and the body is equal ...
... divided into three equal parts , the diameter of the ring is about seven of these parts . The ring is detached from the body of Saturn in such a manner , that the dis- tance between the innermost part of the ring and the body is equal ...
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... divided into a great number of little squares , by lines intersect- ing one another perpendicularly , and paral- lel to the sides of the table , and the parallel ones only one - tenth of an inch from each other ; so that every square ...
... divided into a great number of little squares , by lines intersect- ing one another perpendicularly , and paral- lel to the sides of the table , and the parallel ones only one - tenth of an inch from each other ; so that every square ...
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... divided , according to the purposes it is intended to serve ; whence it acquires various denomi- nations , as the plain scale , diagonal scale , plotting scale , Gunter's scale , & c . See MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS . SCALE , diagonal ...
... divided , according to the purposes it is intended to serve ; whence it acquires various denomi- nations , as the plain scale , diagonal scale , plotting scale , Gunter's scale , & c . See MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS . SCALE , diagonal ...
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... divided . SCALES of fish , generally possess a sil . very whiteness , and are composed of dif- ferent lamina . In many of their properties they resemble horn . By long boiling in wa- ter they become soft , and when they are kept for ...
... divided . SCALES of fish , generally possess a sil . very whiteness , and are composed of dif- ferent lamina . In many of their properties they resemble horn . By long boiling in wa- ter they become soft , and when they are kept for ...
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