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 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... quantity of dirt than is likely to be accu- mulated in the use of the engine at any one fire ; and if any of it accidently falls into the cylinder , it is gently lifted out again into the chambers by the piston , without being any ...
... quantity of dirt than is likely to be accu- mulated in the use of the engine at any one fire ; and if any of it accidently falls into the cylinder , it is gently lifted out again into the chambers by the piston , without being any ...
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... quantity of water raised by the engine . Engines for raising water , by the pres- sure and descent of a column inclosed in a pipe , have been lately erected in dif- ferent parts of the country . The prin- adverted to was adopted in ...
... quantity of water raised by the engine . Engines for raising water , by the pres- sure and descent of a column inclosed in a pipe , have been lately erected in dif- ferent parts of the country . The prin- adverted to was adopted in ...
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... quantity of cotton in it . The copper - plate , hammered to a con- siderable degree of hardness , polished as if intended for the graver , and perfectly cleansed with whiting , is then secured at one corner by a hand vice , heated over ...
... quantity of cotton in it . The copper - plate , hammered to a con- siderable degree of hardness , polished as if intended for the graver , and perfectly cleansed with whiting , is then secured at one corner by a hand vice , heated over ...
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... quantity , or quality . Mathemati- cians speak of equal lines , angles , figures , circles , ratios , solids , & c . EQUALITY , that agreement between two or more things whereby they are de- nominated equal . The equality of two quantities ...
... quantity , or quality . Mathemati- cians speak of equal lines , angles , figures , circles , ratios , solids , & c . EQUALITY , that agreement between two or more things whereby they are de- nominated equal . The equality of two quantities ...
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... quantity may be reduced to the form 27- pzn − 1 + q zn − 2 , & c . = 0 , here the whole expression is equal to nothing , and the terms are arranged according to the di- mensions of the unknown quantity , the coefficient of the highest ...
... quantity may be reduced to the form 27- pzn − 1 + q zn − 2 , & c . = 0 , here the whole expression is equal to nothing , and the terms are arranged according to the di- mensions of the unknown quantity , the coefficient of the highest ...
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