The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... direction quot parts added together make the whole number , as 6 , 28 , the aliquot parts of 6 being 3 , 2 , and 1 , = 6 ; and those of 28 being 14 , 7 , 4 , 2 , 1 , 28. Imperfect numbers , those whose aliquot parts , add- ed together ...
... direction quot parts added together make the whole number , as 6 , 28 , the aliquot parts of 6 being 3 , 2 , and 1 , = 6 ; and those of 28 being 14 , 7 , 4 , 2 , 1 , 28. Imperfect numbers , those whose aliquot parts , add- ed together ...
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... direction of an incident ray AL , and the direction of the same ray CF , after it is refracted ; thus the angle LCF is the angle of deviation . A lens , is glass ground into such a form as to collect or disperse the rays of light which ...
... direction of an incident ray AL , and the direction of the same ray CF , after it is refracted ; thus the angle LCF is the angle of deviation . A lens , is glass ground into such a form as to collect or disperse the rays of light which ...
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... direction , mn ; the ray , c , in the direction , o p , & c . The ray , C , that falls directly upon the middle of the glass , suffers no refraction in pass- ing through it , but goes on in the same rectilinear direction , as if no ...
... direction , mn ; the ray , c , in the direction , o p , & c . The ray , C , that falls directly upon the middle of the glass , suffers no refraction in pass- ing through it , but goes on in the same rectilinear direction , as if no ...
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