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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... inches broad , and two inches deep , with a circle in the middle of the upper side , of an inch and a half in diameter , in which is drilled small holes . On this side seven , ten , or more strings of very fine gut are stretched over ...
... inches broad , and two inches deep , with a circle in the middle of the upper side , of an inch and a half in diameter , in which is drilled small holes . On this side seven , ten , or more strings of very fine gut are stretched over ...
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... which , according to an experiment of Desaguliers , adhere to each other with a force equal to 19 ounces on a surface of contact one - tenth of an inch in diameter ; or between solids and fluids , as the sus- I CA ADD ADH.
... which , according to an experiment of Desaguliers , adhere to each other with a force equal to 19 ounces on a surface of contact one - tenth of an inch in diameter ; or between solids and fluids , as the sus- I CA ADD ADH.
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... inch in diameter , of the same thickness , well polished , and furnished with a small ring in the centre of each , so as to keep them suspended zon . precisely parallel to the plane of the hori . Each of these plates was in turn ...
... inch in diameter , of the same thickness , well polished , and furnished with a small ring in the centre of each , so as to keep them suspended zon . precisely parallel to the plane of the hori . Each of these plates was in turn ...
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... inches in diameter . Mr. Montgolfier repeated an experi- ment with a machine of his construction before the commissaries of the Academy of Sciences , on the 11th and 12th of Sep- tember . This machine was 74 feet high , and about 43 ...
... inches in diameter . Mr. Montgolfier repeated an experi- ment with a machine of his construction before the commissaries of the Academy of Sciences , on the 11th and 12th of Sep- tember . This machine was 74 feet high , and about 43 ...
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... inches ; but on the earth , be- fore he ascended , it stood at 30.16 inches . On the 23d of June , a large aerostat , on the principle of rarefied air , 914 feet high , and 79 feet in diameter , was elevated by Mont- golfier at ...
... inches ; but on the earth , be- fore he ascended , it stood at 30.16 inches . On the 23d of June , a large aerostat , on the principle of rarefied air , 914 feet high , and 79 feet in diameter , was elevated by Mont- golfier at ...
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