Dictionary of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences, According to the Latest Improvements and DiscoveriesG. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823 - 575 pages |
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... figures is viewed , must be different from have in the modern scale of num- that which it must have been , if bers . As ... figure . through the axis of the tube , with- Thus , 365 would have been ex - out touching the sides of it ; and ...
... figures is viewed , must be different from have in the modern scale of num- that which it must have been , if bers . As ... figure . through the axis of the tube , with- Thus , 365 would have been ex - out touching the sides of it ; and ...
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... figure is less than that of any other spherical lens , being no more than 15 of its thickness . ABSCISS , ABSCISE ... figures of the spe- quality is caused by the planet's culum , or lens , producing a geo- motion not being uniform . For ...
... figure is less than that of any other spherical lens , being no more than 15 of its thickness . ABSCISS , ABSCISE ... figures of the spe- quality is caused by the planet's culum , or lens , producing a geo- motion not being uniform . For ...
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... figure , be condensed twenty times , its in the interstices of the fluid in velocity will be about one seventh which it is lodged . This is evident of that arising from fired gunpow- in liquors placed under the re- der . In the air ...
... figure , be condensed twenty times , its in the interstices of the fluid in velocity will be about one seventh which it is lodged . This is evident of that arising from fired gunpow- in liquors placed under the re- der . In the air ...
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... figure has sides ; and it can be shewn that all the exte- rior angles of any figure are equal to four right - angles . Hence , again , if any figure have its angles all equal , the measure of one of its an- gles , calling n the number ...
... figure has sides ; and it can be shewn that all the exte- rior angles of any figure are equal to four right - angles . Hence , again , if any figure have its angles all equal , the measure of one of its an- gles , calling n the number ...
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... Figure , is the figure or shape which an object appears under when viewed at a distance ; and is often very different from the true figure . For a straight line , viewed at a distance , may appear but as a point ; a surface , as a line ...
... Figure , is the figure or shape which an object appears under when viewed at a distance ; and is often very different from the true figure . For a straight line , viewed at a distance , may appear but as a point ; a surface , as a line ...
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