British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... keeping the thread always ex- tended so as to form the triangle F Mf , it will describe an ellipsis , whose axes are A B , D E. The greater axis , A B , passing through the two foci Ff , is called the transverse axis ; and the lesser ...
... keeping the thread always ex- tended so as to form the triangle F Mf , it will describe an ellipsis , whose axes are A B , D E. The greater axis , A B , passing through the two foci Ff , is called the transverse axis ; and the lesser ...
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... keep the bodies of their ancestors , thus embalmed , in little houses magnificently adorned , and took great pleasure in beholding them alive , as it were , without any change in their size , features , or complexion . The Egyptians ...
... keep the bodies of their ancestors , thus embalmed , in little houses magnificently adorned , and took great pleasure in beholding them alive , as it were , without any change in their size , features , or complexion . The Egyptians ...
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... keep his process a secret , as the source of private gain . The principal ingredients of enamel co- lours are , however , well known . There are two kinds of enamel ; the opaque and the transparent . Transparent enamels are usually ...
... keep his process a secret , as the source of private gain . The principal ingredients of enamel co- lours are , however , well known . There are two kinds of enamel ; the opaque and the transparent . Transparent enamels are usually ...
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... keep the machine in equilibrio In all machines the power will just sus- tain the weight , when they are in the in- verse ratio of their distances from the centre of motion . ENGINE , fire , by Rowntree . We have selected an engine by ...
... keep the machine in equilibrio In all machines the power will just sus- tain the weight , when they are in the in- verse ratio of their distances from the centre of motion . ENGINE , fire , by Rowntree . We have selected an engine by ...
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... keep every par- ticle of grease or oil far from him and his materials , and that , without the great- est care , the inflammability of the as- phaltum will ruin his operations in melt- ing them . The proportions of the ingre- dients ...
... keep every par- ticle of grease or oil far from him and his materials , and that , without the great- est care , the inflammability of the as- phaltum will ruin his operations in melt- ing them . The proportions of the ingre- dients ...
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