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... inches deep , and seven or eight inches wide ; let there be glued upon it ADHESION , in Philosophy , is a two pieces of wainscot , about half species of attraction which takes an inch high and a quarter of an place between the surfaces of ...
... inches deep , and seven or eight inches wide ; let there be glued upon it ADHESION , in Philosophy , is a two pieces of wainscot , about half species of attraction which takes an inch high and a quarter of an place between the surfaces of ...
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... inches . He then made the experi- ment , called after him the Torri- cellian experiment . He took a glass tube , of several feet in length , and having sealed it hermetically at one end , he filled it with quick- silver ; then inverting ...
... inches . He then made the experi- ment , called after him the Torri- cellian experiment . He took a glass tube , of several feet in length , and having sealed it hermetically at one end , he filled it with quick- silver ; then inverting ...
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... inches of the barometer , and the mean temperature of fifty - five degrees of the thermometer ; or , by adding to the last number , to the proportion becomes one It has been questioned , amongst 833 , or 3 to 2500 ; whence , upon the ...
... inches of the barometer , and the mean temperature of fifty - five degrees of the thermometer ; or , by adding to the last number , to the proportion becomes one It has been questioned , amongst 833 , or 3 to 2500 ; whence , upon the ...
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... inches , are found to be a = 0 ; A = 1 ; whence , A - a = 1 = or , making d - 26057 D = 26056 26057 log . 26056 26057 = n , we have 1 x log But log . n = 1 n 2-1 M { 1+ + -- & c . 212 3 n3 • n - 1 And as in the present case , n is a ...
... inches , are found to be a = 0 ; A = 1 ; whence , A - a = 1 = or , making d - 26057 D = 26056 26057 log . 26056 26057 = n , we have 1 x log But log . n = 1 n 2-1 M { 1+ + -- & c . 212 3 n3 • n - 1 And as in the present case , n is a ...
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... inches ASCH , are those inhabitants of the globe , who , at certain times of the year , have no shadow ; such are all those who inhabit the tor - in diameter , graduated into de- rid zone . ASPECT , in Astronomy , is the situation of ...
... inches ASCH , are those inhabitants of the globe , who , at certain times of the year , have no shadow ; such are all those who inhabit the tor - in diameter , graduated into de- rid zone . ASPECT , in Astronomy , is the situation of ...
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