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... spherical lens , being no more than 15 of its thickness . ABSCISS , ABSCISE , A BSCISSA , is any part of the diameter or axis of a curve , comprised between any fixed point , where all the ab- scisses begin , and another line called the ...
... spherical lens , being no more than 15 of its thickness . ABSCISS , ABSCISE , A BSCISSA , is any part of the diameter or axis of a curve , comprised between any fixed point , where all the ab- scisses begin , and another line called the ...
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... spherical figure , and measuring took an aerial voyage , which last- 27 feet in diameter . A net was ed about 25 minutes , and during spread over the upper hemisphere , which time they passed over a land fastened to a hoop which passed ...
... spherical figure , and measuring took an aerial voyage , which last- 27 feet in diameter . A net was ed about 25 minutes , and during spread over the upper hemisphere , which time they passed over a land fastened to a hoop which passed ...
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... spherical figure , be condensed twenty times , its in the interstices of the 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 ...
... spherical figure , be condensed twenty times , its in the interstices of the 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 ...
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... Spherical ANGLE is that which on the surface of a sphere , by the intersection of two great circles . See SPHERE , and SPHERICAL Trigonometry . in the given ratio ; also AB being A Solid ANGLE is formed by the given , BH is given in ...
... Spherical ANGLE is that which on the surface of a sphere , by the intersection of two great circles . See SPHERE , and SPHERICAL Trigonometry . in the given ratio ; also AB being A Solid ANGLE is formed by the given , BH is given in ...
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... spherical , according to the universal laws of gravity ; for the parts of the surface of a fluid in a state of rest , must be equally remote from its centre . But the earth and the ambient atmosphere are invested with a diurnal motion ...
... spherical , according to the universal laws of gravity ; for the parts of the surface of a fluid in a state of rest , must be equally remote from its centre . But the earth and the ambient atmosphere are invested with a diurnal motion ...
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