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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... OBJECT , in philosophy , something ap- prehended , or presented to the mind , by sensation or by imagination . OBJECT glass of a telescope , or microscope , the glass placed at the end of the tube which is next the object . To prove the ...
... OBJECT , in philosophy , something ap- prehended , or presented to the mind , by sensation or by imagination . OBJECT glass of a telescope , or microscope , the glass placed at the end of the tube which is next the object . To prove the ...
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... 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 is always the best , which represents objects the brightest and most distinct , and which ...
... 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 is always the best , which represents objects the brightest and most distinct , and which ...
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... object he is observing . Just be- fore the object arrives at the position de- scribed , the observer should look on the clock and remark the time , suppose it 9 hours , 15 minutes , 25 seconds ; then saying , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , & c ...
... object he is observing . Just be- fore the object arrives at the position de- scribed , the observer should look on the clock and remark the time , suppose it 9 hours , 15 minutes , 25 seconds ; then saying , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , & c ...
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... objects , the distance of which is too great to be observed by the micrometer . Let A B ( Plate Observato- ry , fig ... object- glass , the plane described by the line of sight , during the circular motion of the telescope upon the limb ...
... objects , the distance of which is too great to be observed by the micrometer . Let A B ( Plate Observato- ry , fig ... object- glass , the plane described by the line of sight , during the circular motion of the telescope upon the limb ...
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... objects as they pass over the meridian . It consists of a telescope fixed at right angles to a horizontal axis ... object , will serve at all times afterwards to examine the posi- tion of the telescope by the axis of the instrument ...
... objects as they pass over the meridian . It consists of a telescope fixed at right angles to a horizontal axis ... object , will serve at all times afterwards to examine the posi- tion of the telescope by the axis of the instrument ...
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