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... from its top ; and by the same instrument , the force of gravity on the various parts of the earth's surface is discovered , and thence the true figure of the whole . * The length of a pendulum that vibrates seconds in PEN.
... from its top ; and by the same instrument , the force of gravity on the various parts of the earth's surface is discovered , and thence the true figure of the whole . * The length of a pendulum that vibrates seconds in PEN.
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... length , upon which every thing depends , is perpetually liable to alte- ration from the influence of heat and cold , the for- mer of which expands , and the latter contracts all metalline bodies . PENITENTS , an appellation belonging ...
... length , upon which every thing depends , is perpetually liable to alte- ration from the influence of heat and cold , the for- mer of which expands , and the latter contracts all metalline bodies . PENITENTS , an appellation belonging ...
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... length of time , or so long as the teeth of the wheel continue to act upon it . • PERPETUITY , is the number of years in which the simple interest of any principal sum will amount to the same as the principal itself : or it is the ...
... length of time , or so long as the teeth of the wheel continue to act upon it . • PERPETUITY , is the number of years in which the simple interest of any principal sum will amount to the same as the principal itself : or it is the ...
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... length North and South , and 1280 from West to East . These are the greatest measures , and in some parts it is much narrower . The tem perature and climate are various ; at about a league's distance from Ispahan , there is a stone four ...
... length North and South , and 1280 from West to East . These are the greatest measures , and in some parts it is much narrower . The tem perature and climate are various ; at about a league's distance from Ispahan , there is a stone four ...
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... length E C , which line is drawn from the eye , perpendicular to the picture . By the phrase " Original Object " is meant the real object , whose representation is sought whether it be a line , point , or plane figure : and by " Ori ...
... length E C , which line is drawn from the eye , perpendicular to the picture . By the phrase " Original Object " is meant the real object , whose representation is sought whether it be a line , point , or plane figure : and by " Ori ...
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Page 40 - By this way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients; and from motions to the forces producing them; and in general, from effects to their causes; and from particular causes to more general ones, till the argument end in the most general.
Page 395 - Matthew then, among the Jews, wrote a gospel in their own language, while Peter and Paul were preaching the gospel at Rome, and founding a church there.
Page 40 - As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis, ought ever to precede the method of composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from them by induction, and admitting of no objections against the conclusions, but such as are taken from experiments, or other certain truths. For hypotheses are not to be regarded in experimental philosophy.
Page 394 - Among these were reckoned the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles; the Epistles of the apostle Paul...
Page 239 - The surface of a sphere is equal to four times the area of a circle...
Page 40 - And although the arguing from experiments and observations by induction be no demonstration of general conclusions, yet it is the best way of arguing which the nature of things admits of, and may be looked upon as so much the stronger, by how much the induction is more general.
Page 149 - When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus; the singular...
Page 205 - He is likewise to decide the elections of knights of the shire, (subject to the control of the house of commons,) of coroners, and of verderors ; to judge of the qualification of voters, and to return such as he shall determine to be duly elected.
Page 35 - ... connected together in the fancy, that the idea of the one seems, of its own accord, to call up and introduce that of the other. If the objects are still observed to succeed each other as before, this connection, or, as it has been called, this association of...
Page 112 - Hottoman to be a rescript, or answer of the sovereign, delivered, by advice of his council, to some college, order, or body of people, upon consulting him on some case of their community. The like answer, given to any particular person, is called simply rescript.