The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4 |
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... equal to every pur- pose , and obviates the mischief that some times attends upon a numerous succession of levels , when the quantity of water re- quired for the whole is forced through the first , in which , by its weight and volume ...
... equal to every pur- pose , and obviates the mischief that some times attends upon a numerous succession of levels , when the quantity of water re- quired for the whole is forced through the first , in which , by its weight and volume ...
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... equal perimeters , or circumferences . Isoperimetrical lines and figures have greatly engaged the attention of mathema- ticians at all times . The fifth book of Pap- pus's Collections is chiefly upon this sub- ject ; where a great ...
... equal perimeters , or circumferences . Isoperimetrical lines and figures have greatly engaged the attention of mathema- ticians at all times . The fifth book of Pap- pus's Collections is chiefly upon this sub- ject ; where a great ...
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... equal , viz . each 40 , and yet the area of the square will be 100 , and of the oblong but 19 . ISOPYRUM , in botany , a genus of the Polyandria Polygynia class and order . Na- tural order of Multisilique . Ranunculaceæ , Jussieu ...
... equal , viz . each 40 , and yet the area of the square will be 100 , and of the oblong but 19 . ISOPYRUM , in botany , a genus of the Polyandria Polygynia class and order . Na- tural order of Multisilique . Ranunculaceæ , Jussieu ...
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... equal ; from gladiolus , in the situation of the segments of the corolla , and in having the tube straight . Almost all the species are natives of the Cape of Good Hope . IXORA , in botany , a genus of the Te- trandria Monogynia class ...
... equal ; from gladiolus , in the situation of the segments of the corolla , and in having the tube straight . Almost all the species are natives of the Cape of Good Hope . IXORA , in botany , a genus of the Te- trandria Monogynia class ...
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... equal bravery and skill ; but Sultan Soliman , having deter- mined at all events to dislodge tlrem , he as- sembled an army of 500,000 men , with which he invaded the island , and , after six months incessant fatigue and excessive loss ...
... equal bravery and skill ; but Sultan Soliman , having deter- mined at all events to dislodge tlrem , he as- sembled an army of 500,000 men , with which he invaded the island , and , after six months incessant fatigue and excessive loss ...
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