The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... increased the quantity . In- stead of the extract , a tincture has been made of the dried leaves , macerated in six times their weight of spirits of wine , and forty drops given for a dose . ACORN , an ornamental piece of wood , in the ...
... increased the quantity . In- stead of the extract , a tincture has been made of the dried leaves , macerated in six times their weight of spirits of wine , and forty drops given for a dose . ACORN , an ornamental piece of wood , in the ...
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... increased , so that when it comes to agitate the air at the orifice of the tube AC , its force will be as much greater than what it would have been without the tube , as the surface of a sphere , whose radius is equal to the length of ...
... increased , so that when it comes to agitate the air at the orifice of the tube AC , its force will be as much greater than what it would have been without the tube , as the surface of a sphere , whose radius is equal to the length of ...
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... increases : consequently their energy , which is to be considered as the measure of the strength of sound , must vary as the square of the dis- tance ; so that at the distance of ten feet from the sounding body the velocity of the ...
... increases : consequently their energy , which is to be considered as the measure of the strength of sound , must vary as the square of the dis- tance ; so that at the distance of ten feet from the sounding body the velocity of the ...
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... increased by the reflection ; and also , in a less degree , if the reflected pulse coincides with the next but one , the next but two , or more of the direct pulses . The appropriate notes of a room may readily be discovered by singing ...
... increased by the reflection ; and also , in a less degree , if the reflected pulse coincides with the next but one , the next but two , or more of the direct pulses . The appropriate notes of a room may readily be discovered by singing ...
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... increasing density , to the ground ; and the intrepid adventurer assured the spectators that he had not ex- perienced the least inconvenience in this aerial excursion . This experiment was re- peated on the 17th and on the 19th , when ...
... increasing density , to the ground ; and the intrepid adventurer assured the spectators that he had not ex- perienced the least inconvenience in this aerial excursion . This experiment was re- peated on the 17th and on the 19th , when ...
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