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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... angle of the east , and , if continued , passes through the poles of the ecliptic ; whence the altitude of the ... angles . In a regular nonagon , or that the sides and angles of which are equal , if each side be 1 , its area will be ...
... angle of the east , and , if continued , passes through the poles of the ecliptic ; whence the altitude of the ... angles . In a regular nonagon , or that the sides and angles of which are equal , if each side be 1 , its area will be ...
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... angle , and the scale which he in- vented for this purpose , though it has re- ceived some improvements , is still called the Nonius , his latinized name . His works are numerous . NUT - galls are excrescences formed on leaves of the ...
... angle , and the scale which he in- vented for this purpose , though it has re- ceived some improvements , is still called the Nonius , his latinized name . His works are numerous . NUT - galls are excrescences formed on leaves of the ...
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... angle except a right one . See ANGLE . OBLIQUE cases , in grammar , are all the cases except the nominative . OBLIQUE line , that which , falling on an- other line , makes oblique angles with it , riz . one acute , and the other obtuse ...
... angle except a right one . See ANGLE . OBLIQUE cases , in grammar , are all the cases except the nominative . OBLIQUE line , that which , falling on an- other line , makes oblique angles with it , riz . one acute , and the other obtuse ...
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... angle , af p , equal to half the angle , a ƒ c , and the line , ƒp , will point to the pole ; and if the angle , of p , which is the error of the axis , will be equal to half the angle , bf c , or m f u , found by the observation ...
... angle , af p , equal to half the angle , a ƒ c , and the line , ƒp , will point to the pole ; and if the angle , of p , which is the error of the axis , will be equal to half the angle , bf c , or m f u , found by the observation ...
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... angles to the polar axis , D , or the axis of the earth , upon which it moves . 3. The semi- circle of declination , E , on which the te- lescope is placed , and moving on the axis of declination , or the axis of motion of the line of ...
... angles to the polar axis , D , or the axis of the earth , upon which it moves . 3. The semi- circle of declination , E , on which the te- lescope is placed , and moving on the axis of declination , or the axis of motion of the line of ...
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