Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volume 3Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... kind ; whether length , breadth , heighth , or depth . The parts of geometry are , 1. “ Longimetry , " or the art of measuring lines ; Planimetry , " or the art of measuring sura 3 . Stereometry , ” or the art of measuring so2. 56 faces ...
... kind ; whether length , breadth , heighth , or depth . The parts of geometry are , 1. “ Longimetry , " or the art of measuring lines ; Planimetry , " or the art of measuring sura 3 . Stereometry , ” or the art of measuring so2. 56 faces ...
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... kind , we shall therefore substitute an arithmetical solution : suppose the side A C = 5 , BC = 4 , A B = 3 , then 52 = 42452 , or 25 = 16 + 9 , and so it is shewn in the adjoining figure . Corollary . Hence the square upon either of ...
... kind , we shall therefore substitute an arithmetical solution : suppose the side A C = 5 , BC = 4 , A B = 3 , then 52 = 42452 , or 25 = 16 + 9 , and so it is shewn in the adjoining figure . Corollary . Hence the square upon either of ...
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... kind is met with there , and known by the name of Fingal's cave . It consists of many hundred thousands of columns of a black kind of rock , hard as marble , of about twenty feet in height , and a pentagonal , or five - sided figure ...
... kind is met with there , and known by the name of Fingal's cave . It consists of many hundred thousands of columns of a black kind of rock , hard as marble , of about twenty feet in height , and a pentagonal , or five - sided figure ...
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... kind of basaltes , of a close grit , dusky hue , and uncommon gravity . It clinks like iron , melts in a forge , and is impenetrable by tools . The scene is composed of various parts , thrown together with that irregularity which ...
... kind of basaltes , of a close grit , dusky hue , and uncommon gravity . It clinks like iron , melts in a forge , and is impenetrable by tools . The scene is composed of various parts , thrown together with that irregularity which ...
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... kind of gilding . In the manner alluded to , such a colour is given to brass and to silver , by applying upon these metals a gold - coloured varnish , which , being transparent , shows all the brilliancy of the metals beneath . Many ...
... kind of gilding . In the manner alluded to , such a colour is given to brass and to silver , by applying upon these metals a gold - coloured varnish , which , being transparent , shows all the brilliancy of the metals beneath . Many ...
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