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... fluid . AERONAUT , a person who sails or navigates through the air . lated , to such a degree as that the excess of the weight of an equal bulk of common air above the weight of the heated air , is greater than the weight of the ...
... fluid . AERONAUT , a person who sails or navigates through the air . lated , to such a degree as that the excess of the weight of an equal bulk of common air above the weight of the heated air , is greater than the weight of the ...
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... fluids through red - hot tubes . In the first of these methods , iron , zinc , and vitriolic acid , are the materials most commonly used : the vitriolic acid must be diluted with about five or six parts of water . Iron may be expected ...
... fluids through red - hot tubes . In the first of these methods , iron , zinc , and vitriolic acid , are the materials most commonly used : the vitriolic acid must be diluted with about five or six parts of water . Iron may be expected ...
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... fluid , which weighed as much as that column of water ; and hence he conclud- AFFIRMATIVE Sign , or sign of addition , is + , and is read plus , or more , or added to : thus a + b sig- nifies that the quantity represent ed by b , is to ...
... fluid , which weighed as much as that column of water ; and hence he conclud- AFFIRMATIVE Sign , or sign of addition , is + , and is read plus , or more , or added to : thus a + b sig- nifies that the quantity represent ed by b , is to ...
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... fluid , that it of their elastic force : the same will yield to any pressure , by con - experiments show that moist ... fluids . Various experiments were soon instituted both on the continent and in England , with a view of ascertaining ...
... fluid , that it of their elastic force : the same will yield to any pressure , by con - experiments show that moist ... fluids . Various experiments were soon instituted both on the continent and in England , with a view of ascertaining ...
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... fluid in velocity will be about one seventh which it is lodged . This is evident of that arising from fired gunpow- in liquors placed under the re- der . In the air - gun , however , the ceiver of an air - pump ; for , by ex- reservoir ...
... fluid in velocity will be about one seventh which it is lodged . This is evident of that arising from fired gunpow- in liquors placed under the re- der . In the air - gun , however , the ceiver of an air - pump ; for , by ex- reservoir ...
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