American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 11Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... circle sailing . SAILING , great circle , in navigation , the art of finding what places a ship must go through , and what courses to steer ; so that SAG SAI.
... circle sailing . SAILING , great circle , in navigation , the art of finding what places a ship must go through , and what courses to steer ; so that SAG SAI.
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... circle intercepted between them , and not in the rhumb , or spiral , passing through those places . As , in Mercator's sailing , the several cases are solved by plain triangles ; so the solution of the cases of great circle sailing is ...
... circle intercepted between them , and not in the rhumb , or spiral , passing through those places . As , in Mercator's sailing , the several cases are solved by plain triangles ; so the solution of the cases of great circle sailing is ...
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... circle , with three ranges of heads appear . ing above each other , the hands , knees , bodies , and profiles , exactly parallel . A second mistake in their sculpture was the disproportion of their figures to the object decorated with ...
... circle , with three ranges of heads appear . ing above each other , the hands , knees , bodies , and profiles , exactly parallel . A second mistake in their sculpture was the disproportion of their figures to the object decorated with ...
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... circle . SECHIUM , in botany , a genus of the Monoecia Syngenesia class and order . Natural order of Euphorbiæ , Jussieu . Es- sential character : calyx half five - cleft ; corolla five - cleft , with ten hollows in the upper part of ...
... circle . SECHIUM , in botany , a genus of the Monoecia Syngenesia class and order . Natural order of Euphorbiæ , Jussieu . Es- sential character : calyx half five - cleft ; corolla five - cleft , with ten hollows in the upper part of ...
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... circle comprehended between two radii and the arch ; or it is a mixed triangle , formed by two radii and the arch of a circle . SECTOR is also a mathematical instrument , of great use in finding the proportion be- tween quantities of ...
... circle comprehended between two radii and the arch ; or it is a mixed triangle , formed by two radii and the arch of a circle . SECTOR is also a mathematical instrument , of great use in finding the proportion be- tween quantities of ...
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