Conversations on Natural Philosophy: In which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained, and Adapted to the Comprehension of Young Pupils. Illustrated with Plates |
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... side , will com- pletely gild a quantity of silver wire sufficient to surround the globe . 22. Is it a principle in natural philosophy that no particle of matter can be destroyed ? -23 . What is meant by the term inertia - 24 . What ...
... side , will com- pletely gild a quantity of silver wire sufficient to surround the globe . 22. Is it a principle in natural philosophy that no particle of matter can be destroyed ? -23 . What is meant by the term inertia - 24 . What ...
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... side of a mountain attracted or drawn away from their foundations towards it ? -75 . How can it be shown that mountains possess a side- ways attraction ? -76 . Would two lines suspended by weights be parallel to each other ? I would ...
... side of a mountain attracted or drawn away from their foundations towards it ? -75 . How can it be shown that mountains possess a side- ways attraction ? -76 . Would two lines suspended by weights be parallel to each other ? I would ...
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... side , -now let it go ; it strikes you see , against the other ball B , and drives it off , to a distance equal to that through which the first ball fell ; but the motion of A is. * In comparing together the momenta of different bodies ...
... side , -now let it go ; it strikes you see , against the other ball B , and drives it off , to a distance equal to that through which the first ball fell ; but the motion of A is. * In comparing together the momenta of different bodies ...
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... side nor the other , but makes an equal angle on every side . Do you understand what an angle is ? Caroline . Yes , I believe so : it is two lines meeting in a point . Mrs. B. Well then , let the line A B ( plate II , fig . 1 ...
... side nor the other , but makes an equal angle on every side . Do you understand what an angle is ? Caroline . Yes , I believe so : it is two lines meeting in a point . Mrs. B. Well then , let the line A B ( plate II , fig . 1 ...
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... side . Angles containing more than 90 degrees are called obtuse angles ( fig . 2 ; ) and those containing less than 90 degrees are called acute angles , ( fig . 3. ) Caroline . The angles of this square table are right angles , but ...
... side . Angles containing more than 90 degrees are called obtuse angles ( fig . 2 ; ) and those containing less than 90 degrees are called acute angles , ( fig . 3. ) Caroline . The angles of this square table are right angles , but ...
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