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 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... passing through the two foci Ff , is called the transverse axis ; and the lesser one D E , is called the conjugate , or second axis : these two always bisect each other at right angles , and the centre of the ellipsis is the point C ...
... passing through the two foci Ff , is called the transverse axis ; and the lesser one D E , is called the conjugate , or second axis : these two always bisect each other at right angles , and the centre of the ellipsis is the point C ...
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... passing through the point of contact . 8. In every ellipsis , the sum of the squares of any two conjugate diameters ... passes over many things , which , had he been cool , ought to have been mentioned . In prete- rition , the omission ...
... passing through the point of contact . 8. In every ellipsis , the sum of the squares of any two conjugate diameters ... passes over many things , which , had he been cool , ought to have been mentioned . In prete- rition , the omission ...
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... passes by the name of the sun - fish . It is in general about fourteen inches long . ELYMUS , in botany , lymegrass , a ge- nus of the Triandria Digynia class and EME always tried the propositions practically , making all the ELO ELY.
... passes by the name of the sun - fish . It is in general about fourteen inches long . ELYMUS , in botany , lymegrass , a ge- nus of the Triandria Digynia class and EME always tried the propositions practically , making all the ELO ELY.
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... pass- age are caught in vast multitudes , to be fed for the table , being considered as extremely delicate and ... passes farther north than Russia , and is not to be found in England , or the United States . By many its notes are ...
... pass- age are caught in vast multitudes , to be fed for the table , being considered as extremely delicate and ... passes farther north than Russia , and is not to be found in England , or the United States . By many its notes are ...
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... pass it through the fire as little as possible . The carmine of tender porcelain is made of fulminating gold , gently decom- posed , and muriate of silver ; there is no tin in it , which proves it is not necessary , for the fabrication ...
... pass it through the fire as little as possible . The carmine of tender porcelain is made of fulminating gold , gently decom- posed , and muriate of silver ; there is no tin in it , which proves it is not necessary , for the fabrication ...
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