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... refracted ray . The longitudi- nal aberration is the distance of the focus from the point in which the same ray intersects the axis . If the focal distance of any lenses be given , if their aperture be small , and if the incident ray ...
... refracted ray . The longitudi- nal aberration is the distance of the focus from the point in which the same ray intersects the axis . If the focal distance of any lenses be given , if their aperture be small , and if the incident ray ...
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... refraction , condensation , & c . of the atmospheric fluid . AERONAUT , a person who sails or navigates through the air . AEROSTATION , in the modern application of the term , signifies the art of navigating through the air , both in ...
... refraction , condensation , & c . of the atmospheric fluid . AERONAUT , a person who sails or navigates through the air . AEROSTATION , in the modern application of the term , signifies the art of navigating through the air , both in ...
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... refraction and parallax . The quantity of the refraction is different at different altitudes ; and the quantity of the parallax is different according to the distance of the different luminaries : in the fixed stars this is too small to ...
... refraction and parallax . The quantity of the refraction is different at different altitudes ; and the quantity of the parallax is different according to the distance of the different luminaries : in the fixed stars this is too small to ...
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... refraction . See those words . APPARENT Figure , is the figure or shape which an object appears under when viewed at a distance ; and is often very different from the true figure . For a straight line , viewed at a distance , may appear ...
... refraction . See those words . APPARENT Figure , is the figure or shape which an object appears under when viewed at a distance ; and is often very different from the true figure . For a straight line , viewed at a distance , may appear ...
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... refraction in astronomy . From the year 800 till the begin- ning of the fourteenth century , the western parts of Europe were im- mersed in ignorance and barbarity , while the Arabians , profiting by the books they had preserved from ...
... refraction in astronomy . From the year 800 till the begin- ning of the fourteenth century , the western parts of Europe were im- mersed in ignorance and barbarity , while the Arabians , profiting by the books they had preserved from ...
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Page 440 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 508 - In higher works on trigonometry, it has been demonstrated that, in any triangle, the sines of the angles are proportional to the lengths of the sides opposite to them. In other words, sin A : sin B :: BC : AC; or, sin A : sin C:: BC : AB, and sin B : sin C::AC : A B. Hence, we have sin 44° 40' : sin 56° 20
Page 292 - A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode, according to which an agent proceeds : it implies a power ; for it is the order, according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct from itself, the law does nothing ; is nothing. The expression, ' the law of metallic nature...
Page 203 - ... winch, with as little labour as it takes to wind up a jack, though the weight of the iron, tin, and wooden circle, is about 1000 pounds.
Page 74 - In foul weather, when the mercury rises much and high, and so continues for two or three days before the foul weather is quite over, then expect a continuance of fair weather to follow.
Page 209 - Specific Gravity of a body is the relation of its weight, compared with the weight of some other body of the same magnitude. A body immersed in a fluid will sink if its specific gravity be greater than that of the fluid; but if it be less, the body will rise to the top, and will be only partly uncovered.
Page 476 - ... the object he views. There is no small speculum, but the magnifiers are applied immediately to the first focal image. From the opening of the telescope, near the place of the eye glass, a speaking-pipe runs down to the bottom of the tube, where it...
Page 398 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 459 - And in measuring any of these station-distances, mark accurately where these lines meet with any hedges, ditches, roads, lanes, paths, rivulets, &c ; and where any remarkable object is placed, by measuring its distance from the station-line ; and where a perpendicular From it cuts that line. And thus as you go along any main...
Page 11 - ... of the motion seemed to be from the upper part downwards. It appears also that they were in some danger of having the balloon burnt altogether; as the Marquis observed several round holes made by the fire in the lower part of it, which alarmed him considerably, and, indeed, not without reason.