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 9Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... distance from the nodes , viz . in the points , she is said to be in her limits . moon must be in or near one of the nodes , when there is an eclipse of the sun or moon . * The NOLANA , in botany , a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia ...
... distance from the nodes , viz . in the points , she is said to be in her limits . moon must be in or near one of the nodes , when there is an eclipse of the sun or moon . * The NOLANA , in botany , a genus of the Pentandria Monogynia ...
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... of the nonagesimal at a given time , under a given elevation of the pole , is easily found If the altitude of the nonagesimal be subtracted from 90 ° , the C remainder is the distance of the nonage- simal from the NOL NON.
... of the nonagesimal at a given time , under a given elevation of the pole , is easily found If the altitude of the nonagesimal be subtracted from 90 ° , the C remainder is the distance of the nonage- simal from the NOL NON.
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... distance of the nonage- simal from the vertex . NONAGON , in mathematics , a figure having nine sides and angles . In a regu lar nonagon , or that the sides and angles of which are equal , if each side be 1 , its 4 area will be 6.182 ...
... distance of the nonage- simal from the vertex . NONAGON , in mathematics , a figure having nine sides and angles . In a regu lar nonagon , or that the sides and angles of which are equal , if each side be 1 , its 4 area will be 6.182 ...
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... distance is also the focal distance of the glass . A good way of proving the excellency of an object - glass is , by pla- cing it in a tube , and trying it with small eye - glasses , at several distant objects ; for that object - glass ...
... distance is also the focal distance of the glass . A good way of proving the excellency of an object - glass is , by pla- cing it in a tube , and trying it with small eye - glasses , at several distant objects ; for that object - glass ...
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... distances measured with the sex- tant , after a new and very different man- ner , viz . by taking the meridian altitudes , and the moments of culmination , or , in other words , the right ascension and de- clination . And he was so well ...
... distances measured with the sex- tant , after a new and very different man- ner , viz . by taking the meridian altitudes , and the moments of culmination , or , in other words , the right ascension and de- clination . And he was so well ...
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