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 3Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... diameters of each end of eve- ry stone in the altitude will be deter- mined . The upper and lower bodies of each stone are first to be wrought exact- ly to parallel planes ; and as one great beauty of columns is to make them ap- pear ...
... diameters of each end of eve- ry stone in the altitude will be deter- mined . The upper and lower bodies of each stone are first to be wrought exact- ly to parallel planes ; and as one great beauty of columns is to make them ap- pear ...
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... diameter requir- ed . Thus the diameter of a bullet , of which 12 make a pound , will be found by subtracting 359 : 270 , a third part of 1.0791812 the logarithm of 12 , from the given logarithm .2278867 ; or because this logarithm is ...
... diameter requir- ed . Thus the diameter of a bullet , of which 12 make a pound , will be found by subtracting 359 : 270 , a third part of 1.0791812 the logarithm of 12 , from the given logarithm .2278867 ; or because this logarithm is ...
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... diameter , and its focal distance was three feet two inches . substance is a composition of tin , copper , and tin - glass . Some of its effects , as found by Dr. Harris and Dr. Desaguliers , are , that a silver sixpence melted in 7 ...
... diameter , and its focal distance was three feet two inches . substance is a composition of tin , copper , and tin - glass . Some of its effects , as found by Dr. Harris and Dr. Desaguliers , are , that a silver sixpence melted in 7 ...
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... diameter of the focus to half an inch , the effect , without allowing for the reduc- tion of its power , would be equal to 221816 ° , but deducting one - fourth for the second transmission , there remains 166362 ° , as the expression of ...
... diameter of the focus to half an inch , the effect , without allowing for the reduc- tion of its power , would be equal to 221816 ° , but deducting one - fourth for the second transmission , there remains 166362 ° , as the expression of ...
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... diameter of the spective diameters . moon is considered to be 2180 miles , and its mean distance from the earth 240,000 ; from which it follows , on the supposition that all the solar rays received by the moon were reflected back , and ...
... diameter of the spective diameters . moon is considered to be 2180 miles , and its mean distance from the earth 240,000 ; from which it follows , on the supposition that all the solar rays received by the moon were reflected back , and ...
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