The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... forces , we are under the necessity of ascertaining the power by means of the effect . Thus we can correctly ascer- tain the force of gunpowder by the ef fect produced by the shot ; or we can fully explain the force with which the ...
... forces , we are under the necessity of ascertaining the power by means of the effect . Thus we can correctly ascer- tain the force of gunpowder by the ef fect produced by the shot ; or we can fully explain the force with which the ...
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... forces . When a force acts equally for a limited distance , and then is superseded by the actions of another force , the body will de- scribe a polygon in its track ; but if the original force be gradually weakened , the body will then ...
... forces . When a force acts equally for a limited distance , and then is superseded by the actions of another force , the body will de- scribe a polygon in its track ; but if the original force be gradually weakened , the body will then ...
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... force to restore themselves , in the same manner that the bent wire did . Others attribute the elasticity of all hard bodies to the force of the air included within them and so they make the elastic force of the air the principle of ...
... force to restore themselves , in the same manner that the bent wire did . Others attribute the elasticity of all hard bodies to the force of the air included within them and so they make the elastic force of the air the principle of ...
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