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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... plane , cylindrical , and co- nical mirrors , and the refraction of crys- tals . This task his friend father Mersenne undertook , not only by correcting what Niceron's papers in Latin and French would furnish towards it , but by supply ...
... plane , cylindrical , and co- nical mirrors , and the refraction of crys- tals . This task his friend father Mersenne undertook , not only by correcting what Niceron's papers in Latin and French would furnish towards it , but by supply ...
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... plane of the equinoctial . Those commonly in use among seamen are two ; the one adapted to the polar star , and the first to the guards of the little bear ; the other to the pole - star , and the pointers of the great bear . This ...
... plane of the equinoctial . Those commonly in use among seamen are two ; the one adapted to the polar star , and the first to the guards of the little bear ; the other to the pole - star , and the pointers of the great bear . This ...
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... plane that intersects another perpendicularly . NORROY , that is North Roy , Northern King , in heraldry , the title of the third of the three kings arms , or provincial heralds . His jurisdiction lies on the north side of the Trent ...
... plane that intersects another perpendicularly . NORROY , that is North Roy , Northern King , in heraldry , the title of the third of the three kings arms , or provincial heralds . His jurisdiction lies on the north side of the Trent ...
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... plane . Square number , is the product of any number multiplied by itself : thus 4 , which is the factum of 2 by 2 , is a square number . Every square number added to its root makes an even number . Polygonal , or polygonous numbers ...
... plane . Square number , is the product of any number multiplied by itself : thus 4 , which is the factum of 2 by 2 , is a square number . Every square number added to its root makes an even number . Polygonal , or polygonous numbers ...
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... plane nearer to , or further from the glass , it will be found whether the six rays unite ex- actly together at any ... plane , whose representation is sought for in a draught or picture : and the objective plane is any plane situated in ...
... plane nearer to , or further from the glass , it will be found whether the six rays unite ex- actly together at any ... plane , whose representation is sought for in a draught or picture : and the objective plane is any plane situated in ...
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