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 1Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Arts |
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... equal weight or quantity , of several ingredients . AAM , or HAAM , a liquid measure used by the Dutch , equal to 288 pints English iheasure . ABACK , in sea language , signifies the situation of the sails when their surfaces are ...
... equal weight or quantity , of several ingredients . AAM , or HAAM , a liquid measure used by the Dutch , equal to 288 pints English iheasure . ABACK , in sea language , signifies the situation of the sails when their surfaces are ...
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... equal to the geocentric motion of the planet , the space which it appears to move , as seen from the earth , during the time that light employs in passing from the planet to the earth . Thus , with regard to the sun , the aberration in ...
... equal to the geocentric motion of the planet , the space which it appears to move , as seen from the earth , during the time that light employs in passing from the planet to the earth . Thus , with regard to the sun , the aberration in ...
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... equal weight . He disputed against the testimony of the senses , and the authority of reason ; ac- knowledging , at the same time , that they furnish probable opinions sufficient forthe conduct of life . However , his secret de- sign ...
... equal weight . He disputed against the testimony of the senses , and the authority of reason ; ac- knowledging , at the same time , that they furnish probable opinions sufficient forthe conduct of life . However , his secret de- sign ...
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... equal to each other ; for the vibrations of the string are known to be so . Again , as to the veloci ty with which sounds travel , this Newton determines , by the most difficult calcula- tion that can be imagined , to be in pro- portion ...
... equal to each other ; for the vibrations of the string are known to be so . Again , as to the veloci ty with which sounds travel , this Newton determines , by the most difficult calcula- tion that can be imagined , to be in pro- portion ...
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... equal spaces in equal times . There is probably no substance which is not in some measure a conductor of sound ; but sound is much enfeebled by passing from one medium to another . If a man , stopping one of his ears with his finger ...
... equal spaces in equal times . There is probably no substance which is not in some measure a conductor of sound ; but sound is much enfeebled by passing from one medium to another . If a man , stopping one of his ears with his finger ...
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