The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... circle , or of the circum- ferences of two circles : as given the greatest side , and the sum of the other two sides ... circle , or one circle cut another , in two points . PLAIN , in heraldry , sometimes denotes the point of the shield ...
... circle , or of the circum- ferences of two circles : as given the greatest side , and the sum of the other two sides ... circle , or one circle cut another , in two points . PLAIN , in heraldry , sometimes denotes the point of the shield ...
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... circle is bigger than it ; and every polygon inscribed is less than the circle , as is manifest , because the thing con- taining is always greater than the thing contained . The perimeter of every poly- gon circumscribed about a circle ...
... circle is bigger than it ; and every polygon inscribed is less than the circle , as is manifest , because the thing con- taining is always greater than the thing contained . The perimeter of every poly- gon circumscribed about a circle ...
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... circle . The circle is divided on the silver ring shown in the plan , into 720 parts , each of which answers to a degree ; as this in- strument measures double the angle shown upon the arc , the same as the Had- ley's quadrant , these ...
... circle . The circle is divided on the silver ring shown in the plan , into 720 parts , each of which answers to a degree ; as this in- strument measures double the angle shown upon the arc , the same as the Had- ley's quadrant , these ...
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