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... wind . tive ratios , & c . & c . ADFECTED Equation , in Alge- bra , is that in which the unknown quantity is found in two or more different degrees or powers ; thus , x3- pr2 + qxa , is an adfected equation , having three different ...
... wind . tive ratios , & c . & c . ADFECTED Equation , in Alge- bra , is that in which the unknown quantity is found in two or more different degrees or powers ; thus , x3- pr2 + qxa , is an adfected equation , having three different ...
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... wind or cur- rent of air to which it is exposed . An air - balloon is a body of this kind , the whole mass of which , in- cluding the covering , contents , and appendages , is of less specific gra- vity than that of the air through ...
... wind or cur- rent of air to which it is exposed . An air - balloon is a body of this kind , the whole mass of which , in- cluding the covering , contents , and appendages , is of less specific gra- vity than that of the air through ...
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... wind happening to damage the machine , it became necessary to prepare a new one ; and such expedition was used , that this vast balloon , near 60 feet in height and 43 in diame- ter , was made , painted within and without , and finely ...
... wind happening to damage the machine , it became necessary to prepare a new one ; and such expedition was used , that this vast balloon , near 60 feet in height and 43 in diame- ter , was made , painted within and without , and finely ...
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... wind having air ; but being at last set at liberty , blown the machine over some after having been well filled , it large trees in an adjoining garden , was thirty - five pounds lighter than M. Pilatre suddenly extricated an equal bulk ...
... wind having air ; but being at last set at liberty , blown the machine over some after having been well filled , it large trees in an adjoining garden , was thirty - five pounds lighter than M. Pilatre suddenly extricated an equal bulk ...
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... wind , and that the streamers of of the 1st of December , 1783. his banners pointed upwards ; They continued in the air an hour which , he says , could not be the and three - quarters , and alighted effect either of his ascent or de- at ...
... wind , and that the streamers of of the 1st of December , 1783. his banners pointed upwards ; They continued in the air an hour which , he says , could not be the and three - quarters , and alighted effect either of his ascent or de- at ...
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