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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... distance , he says , by comparing the angle under which objects appear with their sup- posed distance ; so that if these angles be nearly equal , and the distance of one object be conceived greater than that of the other , this will be ...
... distance , he says , by comparing the angle under which objects appear with their sup- posed distance ; so that if these angles be nearly equal , and the distance of one object be conceived greater than that of the other , this will be ...
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... distance , the rays will diverge , after passing through the glass , more or less , as the candle is more or less distant from the focus . If the candle be placed further from the glass than its focal distance , the rays will converge ...
... distance , the rays will diverge , after passing through the glass , more or less , as the candle is more or less distant from the focus . If the candle be placed further from the glass than its focal distance , the rays will converge ...
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... distance from the zenith is seen ; or , which is the same thing , it is the angle T S E. The sines of the parallactic angle A L T , AS T , ( fig . 12. ) at the same equal distances , Z S , from the zenith , are in the reciprocal ratio ...
... distance from the zenith is seen ; or , which is the same thing , it is the angle T S E. The sines of the parallactic angle A L T , AS T , ( fig . 12. ) at the same equal distances , Z S , from the zenith , are in the reciprocal ratio ...
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