Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... Geometry , so essential to the arts of design , by lending its forms and its language to the phenomena of crystalliza- tion , has elevated Mineralogy to the rank of an exact science . In MECHANICAL SCIENCE the ingenuity of man is making ...
... Geometry , so essential to the arts of design , by lending its forms and its language to the phenomena of crystalliza- tion , has elevated Mineralogy to the rank of an exact science . In MECHANICAL SCIENCE the ingenuity of man is making ...
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... geometry is a name given to the appli- cation of algebra to geometrical pro- blems . Algebraic curve is a figure whose intercepted diameters bear always the same proportion to their respective ordinates . Al'geneb ( Arab . ) , in ...
... geometry is a name given to the appli- cation of algebra to geometrical pro- blems . Algebraic curve is a figure whose intercepted diameters bear always the same proportion to their respective ordinates . Al'geneb ( Arab . ) , in ...
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... geometry , it is the me- thod of establishing the truth of a proposition by certain analytical pro- cesses . Anamorpho'sis , or Anamorphosis ( Gr . change of figure ) , the distorted re- presentation of an object . - In botany , the ...
... geometry , it is the me- thod of establishing the truth of a proposition by certain analytical pro- cesses . Anamorpho'sis , or Anamorphosis ( Gr . change of figure ) , the distorted re- presentation of an object . - In botany , the ...
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... geometry , a right angle is an angle formed by one straight line falling perpendicularly upon another straight line , and containing 90 degrees , or one - fourth of the circle . -Acute angle , an angle containing less than 90 degrees ...
... geometry , a right angle is an angle formed by one straight line falling perpendicularly upon another straight line , and containing 90 degrees , or one - fourth of the circle . -Acute angle , an angle containing less than 90 degrees ...
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... geometry , the segment of a circle ; an arch.- In astronomy , a diurnal arc is that part of a circle described by a celestial body between its rising and setting , as the nocturnal arc is that described between its setting and rising ...
... geometry , the segment of a circle ; an arch.- In astronomy , a diurnal arc is that part of a circle described by a celestial body between its rising and setting , as the nocturnal arc is that described between its setting and rising ...
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