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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Page 12
... perpendicular , and is used for a line or plane that intersects another per- pendicularly . NORROY , that is North Roy , Northern King , in heraldry , the title of the third of the three kings at arms , or provincial heralds . His ...
... perpendicular , and is used for a line or plane that intersects another per- pendicularly . NORROY , that is North Roy , Northern King , in heraldry , the title of the third of the three kings at arms , or provincial heralds . His ...
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... perpendicular well or pit , used formerly for experiments on the fall of bodies ; being also a kind of long telescopical tube , through which the stars are seen at mid - day . Tycho Brahe's Observatory was in the little island Ween , or ...
... perpendicular well or pit , used formerly for experiments on the fall of bodies ; being also a kind of long telescopical tube , through which the stars are seen at mid - day . Tycho Brahe's Observatory was in the little island Ween , or ...
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... perpendicular to the axis of its own proper motion ; and this last axis must be perpendicular to the polar axis ; on the brass rod , M , there is occa- sionally placed a hanging - level , N , the use of which will appear in the ...
... perpendicular to the axis of its own proper motion ; and this last axis must be perpendicular to the polar axis ; on the brass rod , M , there is occa- sionally placed a hanging - level , N , the use of which will appear in the ...
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... perpendicular to the reflecting surface in the point of reflection , as the angle ACD . The angle of reflection , is that contained be- tween the said perpendicular D C , and the reflected ray C M , viz . the angle DC M. The angle of ...
... perpendicular to the reflecting surface in the point of reflection , as the angle ACD . The angle of reflection , is that contained be- tween the said perpendicular D C , and the reflected ray C M , viz . the angle DC M. The angle of ...
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... perpendicular to each other ; draw A D M perpendicular to OP ; cut off D T and C I equal to three- fourths DA ; through TI , draw TIS , cutting the circumference in S ; N S drawn from $ perpendicularly upon O P , will be equal to DT ...
... perpendicular to each other ; draw A D M perpendicular to OP ; cut off D T and C I equal to three- fourths DA ; through TI , draw TIS , cutting the circumference in S ; N S drawn from $ perpendicularly upon O P , will be equal to DT ...
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