The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... centre of the ellipsis is the point C , where they intersect . Any right line passing through the centre , and terminated by the curve of the ellipsis on each side , is called a diameter ; and two diameters , which na- turally bisect ...
... centre of the ellipsis is the point C , where they intersect . Any right line passing through the centre , and terminated by the curve of the ellipsis on each side , is called a diameter ; and two diameters , which na- turally bisect ...
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... centre C. 4. The transverse axis is the greatest , and the conjugate axis the least , of all diameters . 5. Two diameters , one of which is parallel to the tangent in the vertex of the other , are conjugate diameters ; and vice versa ...
... centre C. 4. The transverse axis is the greatest , and the conjugate axis the least , of all diameters . 5. Two diameters , one of which is parallel to the tangent in the vertex of the other , are conjugate diameters ; and vice versa ...
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... centre of the sun and planet to the centre of the earth . ELOPEMENT , is , when a married woman of her own accord departs from her husband , and dwells with an adulterer ; for which , without voluntary reconciliation to the husband ...
... centre of the sun and planet to the centre of the earth . ELOPEMENT , is , when a married woman of her own accord departs from her husband , and dwells with an adulterer ; for which , without voluntary reconciliation to the husband ...
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... dom , cannot deprive him of his happiness . EPICYCLE , in the ancient astronomy , a little circle whose centre is in the circum- ference of a greater circle ; or it is a small arb , or sphere , which being fixed in the EPI EPI.
... dom , cannot deprive him of his happiness . EPICYCLE , in the ancient astronomy , a little circle whose centre is in the circum- ference of a greater circle ; or it is a small arb , or sphere , which being fixed in the EPI EPI.
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... centre . It was by means of epicycles , that Pto- lemy and his followers solved the various phenomena of the planets , but more espe- cially their stations and retrogradations . The great circle they called the excentric or deferent ...
... centre . It was by means of epicycles , that Pto- lemy and his followers solved the various phenomena of the planets , but more espe- cially their stations and retrogradations . The great circle they called the excentric or deferent ...
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