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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... weight is very great , D must be made to work upon the largest wheel c , which being four times its diameter , will cause D to turn four times while c turns but once . The figure is not exactly in the above proportions ; but the ...
... weight is very great , D must be made to work upon the largest wheel c , which being four times its diameter , will cause D to turn four times while c turns but once . The figure is not exactly in the above proportions ; but the ...
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... weight , to keep it steady . To supply air , the bell had a cou- ple of barrels so cased with lead as to sink when empty , each having a bung- hole in its lowest part , to let in the wa- ter as the air in them condensed on their descent ...
... weight , to keep it steady . To supply air , the bell had a cou- ple of barrels so cased with lead as to sink when empty , each having a bung- hole in its lowest part , to let in the wa- ter as the air in them condensed on their descent ...
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... weight of fine cotton- yarn was lately spun , in the neighbour- hood of Manchester , into a thread 134,400 yards long . The ductility of gold likewise furnishes a striking example of the great tenuity of matter amongst the productions ...
... weight of fine cotton- yarn was lately spun , in the neighbour- hood of Manchester , into a thread 134,400 yards long . The ductility of gold likewise furnishes a striking example of the great tenuity of matter amongst the productions ...
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