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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... ment . During the following year , the Royal Academy of Sciences appointed him adjunct mechanician to that body ; and in 1742 he was admitted an associate . In the year 1739 , the King of Sardinia being desirous of establishing a ...
... ment . During the following year , the Royal Academy of Sciences appointed him adjunct mechanician to that body ; and in 1742 he was admitted an associate . In the year 1739 , the King of Sardinia being desirous of establishing a ...
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... ment some celestial phenomenon , as the altitude of the sun , moon , and stars , or their distances from each other . But by this term , mariners commonly mean only the taking the meridian altitudes , in order to find the latitude ; and ...
... ment some celestial phenomenon , as the altitude of the sun , moon , and stars , or their distances from each other . But by this term , mariners commonly mean only the taking the meridian altitudes , in order to find the latitude ; and ...
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... ment the object arrived at the position expected ; which suppose to happen when he says thirty - eight , he then writes down 9h 15 ′ 38 ′′ for the time of observation , annexing the particular day . If two per- sons are concerned in ...
... ment the object arrived at the position expected ; which suppose to happen when he says thirty - eight , he then writes down 9h 15 ′ 38 ′′ for the time of observation , annexing the particular day . If two per- sons are concerned in ...
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... ment stands on three feet , L , distant from each other 14.4 inches ; and , when all the parts are horizontal , is about 29 inches high : the weight of the equatorial and ap- paratus is only 591b . avoirdupoise , which are contained in ...
... ment stands on three feet , L , distant from each other 14.4 inches ; and , when all the parts are horizontal , is about 29 inches high : the weight of the equatorial and ap- paratus is only 591b . avoirdupoise , which are contained in ...
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... ment , are applied . See Vince's " Practical Astronomy . " OBSIDIAN , in mineralogy , a genus of the Pitch - stone family , found in nests in the pearl - stone of Hungary . It is common like- wise in Iceland , Siberia , the Levant ...
... ment , are applied . See Vince's " Practical Astronomy . " OBSIDIAN , in mineralogy , a genus of the Pitch - stone family , found in nests in the pearl - stone of Hungary . It is common like- wise in Iceland , Siberia , the Levant ...
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