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 12Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... nature than a conic section , v . gr . in order to describe a re- gular endecagon , or figure of eleven sides in a circle , it is required to de- scribe an isosceles triangle on a right AB . Now the triangle BEC being equal to the SUR SUR.
... nature than a conic section , v . gr . in order to describe a re- gular endecagon , or figure of eleven sides in a circle , it is required to de- scribe an isosceles triangle on a right AB . Now the triangle BEC being equal to the SUR SUR.
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... equal to half a parallelogram of equal base and altitude ; as shown un- der the head of GEOMETRY . Thirdly . That wherever there is a deviation from the horizontal , there will be a greater ex- tent of surface displayed on a scite than ...
... equal to half a parallelogram of equal base and altitude ; as shown un- der the head of GEOMETRY . Thirdly . That wherever there is a deviation from the horizontal , there will be a greater ex- tent of surface displayed on a scite than ...
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... equal to the triangle DFA , and likewise simi- lar thereto , it is evident that , by transpos- ing the former from the right to the left of the figure , would make it rectangu- lar , as shown by the dotted line : there- fore multiply ...
... equal to the triangle DFA , and likewise simi- lar thereto , it is evident that , by transpos- ing the former from the right to the left of the figure , would make it rectangu- lar , as shown by the dotted line : there- fore multiply ...
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... equal to every branch of surveying . SUS , the hog , in natural history , a ge- nus of Mammalia , of the order of Belluæ . Generic character : four front teeth in the upper jaw , converging ; six in the lower , projecting ; two tusks in ...
... equal to every branch of surveying . SUS , the hog , in natural history , a ge- nus of Mammalia , of the order of Belluæ . Generic character : four front teeth in the upper jaw , converging ; six in the lower , projecting ; two tusks in ...
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... of the orbit is least of all . Add that these several irregularities are not equal in each syzygy , but all somewhat greater in the conjunction than in the opposition . Or t , the nineteenth letter , and fif- TABLE SYS SYZ.
... of the orbit is least of all . Add that these several irregularities are not equal in each syzygy , but all somewhat greater in the conjunction than in the opposition . Or t , the nineteenth letter , and fif- TABLE SYS SYZ.
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