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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... consequently 11 , the cube root of the number divided . NUISANCE , signifies generally any . thing that does hurt , inconvenience , or da- mage to the property or person of another . Nuisances are of two kinds , public and private , and ...
... consequently 11 , the cube root of the number divided . NUISANCE , signifies generally any . thing that does hurt , inconvenience , or da- mage to the property or person of another . Nuisances are of two kinds , public and private , and ...
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... be held in the hand , and thin and broad at the other end , for the easier cutting and resisting the water , and consequently moving the vessel , by rowing . objects the brightest and most distinct , and which bears OBE OBJ.
... be held in the hand , and thin and broad at the other end , for the easier cutting and resisting the water , and consequently moving the vessel , by rowing . objects the brightest and most distinct , and which bears OBE OBJ.
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... consequently water must have at least forty times as much vacuity as solidity . The cause , therefore , why some bodies are opaque , does not consist in the want of rec- tilinear pores , pervious every way , but either in the unequal ...
... consequently water must have at least forty times as much vacuity as solidity . The cause , therefore , why some bodies are opaque , does not consist in the want of rec- tilinear pores , pervious every way , but either in the unequal ...
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... consequently the image of the whole object , which will be inverted . Thus the rays , A d , A e , Aƒ , flowing from the point A , will converge in the space , d a f , and by meeting at a , will there form the image of the point A. The ...
... consequently the image of the whole object , which will be inverted . Thus the rays , A d , A e , Aƒ , flowing from the point A , will converge in the space , d a f , and by meeting at a , will there form the image of the point A. The ...
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... Consequently , if the distance of the object , A B C ( fig . 7 ) , be equal to the distance , e B , of the focus of the glass , the rays of each pencil will be so refracted by passing through the glass , that they will go out of it ...
... Consequently , if the distance of the object , A B C ( fig . 7 ) , be equal to the distance , e B , of the focus of the glass , the rays of each pencil will be so refracted by passing through the glass , that they will go out of it ...
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