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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... pendulums , vibrating seconds in different latitudes . See EARTH , DEGREE , & C . VOL . IX . OBLIGATION , in law , a bond con- taining a penalty , with a condition an- nexed , either for payment of money , per- formance of covenants ...
... pendulums , vibrating seconds in different latitudes . See EARTH , DEGREE , & C . VOL . IX . OBLIGATION , in law , a bond con- taining a penalty , with a condition an- nexed , either for payment of money , per- formance of covenants ...
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... Pendulum Clock , for showing equal time . This should show time in hours , minutes , and seconds : the observ- er , by hearing the beats of the pendu- lum , may count them by his ear , while his eye is employed on the motion of the ...
... Pendulum Clock , for showing equal time . This should show time in hours , minutes , and seconds : the observ- er , by hearing the beats of the pendu- lum , may count them by his ear , while his eye is employed on the motion of the ...
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... pendulum . See PENDULUM . It is demonstrated , that the time of a complete oscillation in a cycloid is to the time in which a body would fall through the axis of the cycloid , as the circumference of a circle to its diameter : whence it ...
... pendulum . See PENDULUM . It is demonstrated , that the time of a complete oscillation in a cycloid is to the time in which a body would fall through the axis of the cycloid , as the circumference of a circle to its diameter : whence it ...
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... intent of the legislator . PENALTY , is a forfeiture inflicted for not complying with the regulations of certain acts of parliament ; a penalty is plication of this curve to the vibration of pendulums designed PEL PEN.
... intent of the legislator . PENALTY , is a forfeiture inflicted for not complying with the regulations of certain acts of parliament ; a penalty is plication of this curve to the vibration of pendulums designed PEL PEN.
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... PENDULUM , in mechanics , denotes any heavy body , so suspended as that it may vibrate or swing backwards and for- wards , about some fixed point , by the force of gravity . The vibrations of a pendulum are called its oscillations . See ...
... PENDULUM , in mechanics , denotes any heavy body , so suspended as that it may vibrate or swing backwards and for- wards , about some fixed point , by the force of gravity . The vibrations of a pendulum are called its oscillations . See ...
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