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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... wall cd , hear the echo of his own voice . But in both cases the distance cx must be 63 or 64 feet . If the undulations strike against the wall oblique- ly , they will be reflected off obliquely on the other side ; if , for instance , a ...
... wall cd , hear the echo of his own voice . But in both cases the distance cx must be 63 or 64 feet . If the undulations strike against the wall oblique- ly , they will be reflected off obliquely on the other side ; if , for instance , a ...
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... walls of a passage , or of an unfurnished room , are smooth and perfectly parallel , any explosion , or a stamping with the foot , communicates an impression to the air , which is reflected from one wall to the other , and from the ...
... walls of a passage , or of an unfurnished room , are smooth and perfectly parallel , any explosion , or a stamping with the foot , communicates an impression to the air , which is reflected from one wall to the other , and from the ...
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... wall - rue , or forked - fern , in botany , a genus of the Cryp- togamia Filices ; the character of which is , that the fructifications cover the whole inferior surface of the leaf . There are 45 species distributed into different class ...
... wall - rue , or forked - fern , in botany , a genus of the Cryp- togamia Filices ; the character of which is , that the fructifications cover the whole inferior surface of the leaf . There are 45 species distributed into different class ...
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... walls and artificial rocks ; but most of them , being natives of very hot climates , must be planted in pots , and plunged into the bark pit . ACTEA , in botany , a genus of plants of the Polyandria Monogynia class and order . Gen ...
... walls and artificial rocks ; but most of them , being natives of very hot climates , must be planted in pots , and plunged into the bark pit . ACTEA , in botany , a genus of plants of the Polyandria Monogynia class and order . Gen ...
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... walls , and which is a native of the south of Europe and the Levant . From this the syrup of capillaire is made . Another species , the Adianthum pedatum , was formerly esteemed as a valuable article of the Materia Medica . It has ...
... walls , and which is a native of the south of Europe and the Levant . From this the syrup of capillaire is made . Another species , the Adianthum pedatum , was formerly esteemed as a valuable article of the Materia Medica . It has ...
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