The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge : Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Elegant Engravings. N - R. 5Longman, 1809 - 680 pages |
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... hence cattle , as if foreseeing their cruel enemy , are observed to be seized with the most violent horror when apprehensive of the approaches of the female oestrus , flying in stantly to the nearest pond or pool of water ; it having ...
... hence cattle , as if foreseeing their cruel enemy , are observed to be seized with the most violent horror when apprehensive of the approaches of the female oestrus , flying in stantly to the nearest pond or pool of water ; it having ...
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... Hence cork , paper , wood , & c . are opaque ; while glass , diamonds , & c . are pellucid . For in the confines or joining of parts alike in density , such as those of glass , water , diamonds , & c . among themselves , no refraction ...
... Hence cork , paper , wood , & c . are opaque ; while glass , diamonds , & c . are pellucid . For in the confines or joining of parts alike in density , such as those of glass , water , diamonds , & c . among themselves , no refraction ...
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... Hence , when the angle of incidence is increased , the corresponding angle of refraction is also increased ; be- cause the ratio of their sines cannot conti- nue the same , unless they be both increased ; and if two angles of incidence ...
... Hence , when the angle of incidence is increased , the corresponding angle of refraction is also increased ; be- cause the ratio of their sines cannot conti- nue the same , unless they be both increased ; and if two angles of incidence ...
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... Hence also the straight oar , when partly immersed in water , will appear bent , as A CS . If the rays of light fall upon a piece of flat glass , they are refracted into a direction nearer to the perpendicular , as described above ...
... Hence also the straight oar , when partly immersed in water , will appear bent , as A CS . If the rays of light fall upon a piece of flat glass , they are refracted into a direction nearer to the perpendicular , as described above ...
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... Hence the focus of the parallel rays is not in the centre of the mirror's concavity , but half way between the mirror and that centre . The rays which proceed from any remote terrestrial object , are nearly parallel at the › mirror ...
... Hence the focus of the parallel rays is not in the centre of the mirror's concavity , but half way between the mirror and that centre . The rays which proceed from any remote terrestrial object , are nearly parallel at the › mirror ...
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