A portable cyclopædia; or, Compendious dictionary of arts and sciences1810 |
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... axis , the pera- meter and abscissa In the hyperbola , the unes of the semiordinates are to each other as the rectangles of the abscissa into a line formed of the abscissa and trans- Verse 3 : 5 . ABSCISSION , in rhetoric , a figure of ...
... axis , the pera- meter and abscissa In the hyperbola , the unes of the semiordinates are to each other as the rectangles of the abscissa into a line formed of the abscissa and trans- Verse 3 : 5 . ABSCISSION , in rhetoric , a figure of ...
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... axis , that be- ing squared and put equal to this last , the equation will be simple , and the root of such an equation is always rational . Of the origin and composition of Equations , and of the Signs and Coefficients of their Terms ...
... axis , that be- ing squared and put equal to this last , the equation will be simple , and the root of such an equation is always rational . Of the origin and composition of Equations , and of the Signs and Coefficients of their Terms ...
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... axis to the radius which ef fect the movements of the hand . The bones of the hand are divided into the carpus , metacarpus , fingers , and thumb . The carpus has eight small bones named schaphoides , lunare , cuneiforme and pn . forme ...
... axis to the radius which ef fect the movements of the hand . The bones of the hand are divided into the carpus , metacarpus , fingers , and thumb . The carpus has eight small bones named schaphoides , lunare , cuneiforme and pn . forme ...
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... axis , and this by an up- right staff , on the top of which is the vane moved by the wind . ANETHUM , Dill , in botany , a genus of umbelliferous plants of the digynia order , and pentandria class . The fruit is oval , compressed ...
... axis , and this by an up- right staff , on the top of which is the vane moved by the wind . ANETHUM , Dill , in botany , a genus of umbelliferous plants of the digynia order , and pentandria class . The fruit is oval , compressed ...
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... axis or spindle on which a machine turns . ARBUTUS , the strawberry - tree . in bo tany , a genus of plants belonging to the de- candria monogyma class . The essential character is , calyx five parted ; corolla ovate , and diaphanous at ...
... axis or spindle on which a machine turns . ARBUTUS , the strawberry - tree . in bo tany , a genus of plants belonging to the de- candria monogyma class . The essential character is , calyx five parted ; corolla ovate , and diaphanous at ...
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