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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... fall upon the bottom at a ( fig . 4 ) where you may make a mark . Then fill the basin with water , without moving it out of its place , and you will see that the ray , instead of falling upon a , will fall at b . If a piece of looking ...
... fall upon the bottom at a ( fig . 4 ) where you may make a mark . Then fill the basin with water , without moving it out of its place , and you will see that the ray , instead of falling upon a , will fall at b . If a piece of looking ...
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... fall down again , and fill up the vacan- cy ; or if they stop one or two of the pieces from falling , it is no hindrance to the rest . ORIGANUM , in botany , marjoram , a genus of the Didynamia Gymnosper mia class and order . Natural ...
... fall down again , and fill up the vacan- cy ; or if they stop one or two of the pieces from falling , it is no hindrance to the rest . ORIGANUM , in botany , marjoram , a genus of the Didynamia Gymnosper mia class and order . Natural ...
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... fall through half the radius , as the circumference of a circle to its diameter : that is , as 3.1416 to 1 . If I denote the length of a pendulum , g = 16193 inches , the space a heavy body falls through in the first second of time ...
... fall through half the radius , as the circumference of a circle to its diameter : that is , as 3.1416 to 1 . If I denote the length of a pendulum , g = 16193 inches , the space a heavy body falls through in the first second of time ...
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