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 6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... plane surfaces of copper and iron , with considerable suc- cess . The metal , being previously polish- ed , is heated to about the temperature of melted lead , and covered with a double layer of gold leaf : by the cautious appli- cation ...
... plane surfaces of copper and iron , with considerable suc- cess . The metal , being previously polish- ed , is heated to about the temperature of melted lead , and covered with a double layer of gold leaf : by the cautious appli- cation ...
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... plane ; urged forward by their own enormous weight , and but weakly supported by the pointed rocks inserted in their bases , they are univer- sally intersected by yawning chasms , of dreadful aspect to the curious investiga- tor , who ...
... plane ; urged forward by their own enormous weight , and but weakly supported by the pointed rocks inserted in their bases , they are univer- sally intersected by yawning chasms , of dreadful aspect to the curious investiga- tor , who ...
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... plane- tary , nebula , & c to the amount of nearly 6,000 , from the observations and commu- nications of Dr. Maskelyne , Dr. Her- schel , Rev. Mr Wollaston , & c . , and in- serted from calculations made by Mr. W. Jones , optician of ...
... plane- tary , nebula , & c to the amount of nearly 6,000 , from the observations and commu- nications of Dr. Maskelyne , Dr. Her- schel , Rev. Mr Wollaston , & c . , and in- serted from calculations made by Mr. W. Jones , optician of ...
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... plane ; then the rod itself ; and lastly , the line drawn from the bottom of the rod till it meets the other line already men- tioned . This last line will be the shadow relatively to the given plane : it will in- crease and decrease in ...
... plane ; then the rod itself ; and lastly , the line drawn from the bottom of the rod till it meets the other line already men- tioned . This last line will be the shadow relatively to the given plane : it will in- crease and decrease in ...
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... plane ( though it is most commonly horizontal , or nearly so ) and to find how many degrees it contains . The graphometer is a graduated semi- circle , ABC , ( see plate VI . Miscel . fig . 5 , 6 , 7 , ) made of wood , brass , or the ...
... plane ( though it is most commonly horizontal , or nearly so ) and to find how many degrees it contains . The graphometer is a graduated semi- circle , ABC , ( see plate VI . Miscel . fig . 5 , 6 , 7 , ) made of wood , brass , or the ...
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