The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... weight , or produce any effect which could not be easily effected otherwise . Engines are extremely numerous ; some used in war , as the battering - ram , ballista , waggons , chariots , & c .; others in trade and manufactures , as ...
... weight , or produce any effect which could not be easily effected otherwise . Engines are extremely numerous ; some used in war , as the battering - ram , ballista , waggons , chariots , & c .; others in trade and manufactures , as ...
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... weight , L , shall hang over with the same inclination on the opposite side of the perpendicular , and consequently the end , K , will then be as much depressed as it is now elevated . The pipe , RS , has its lower end immersed in a ...
... weight , L , shall hang over with the same inclination on the opposite side of the perpendicular , and consequently the end , K , will then be as much depressed as it is now elevated . The pipe , RS , has its lower end immersed in a ...
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... weight fixed at one end , passes through the great shaft below the great wheel , and always tends to push the great bolt upwards , and lock the drum to the great wheel ; I , the forcing bar , which passes through the hollow axis of the ...
... weight fixed at one end , passes through the great shaft below the great wheel , and always tends to push the great bolt upwards , and lock the drum to the great wheel ; I , the forcing bar , which passes through the hollow axis of the ...
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... weight . EQUIMULTIPLES , in arithmetic and geometry , are numbers and quantities mul- tiplied by one and the same number or quantity . Hence , equimultiples are always in the same ratio to each other , as the sim- ple quantities before ...
... weight . EQUIMULTIPLES , in arithmetic and geometry , are numbers and quantities mul- tiplied by one and the same number or quantity . Hence , equimultiples are always in the same ratio to each other , as the sim- ple quantities before ...
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... weight of the water which ran through the pipes , being subtracted from the water in the rain - guage , the remainder was consi- dered as the weight of the water evaporated from the earth in the vessel . From these experiments it ...
... weight of the water which ran through the pipes , being subtracted from the water in the rain - guage , the remainder was consi- dered as the weight of the water evaporated from the earth in the vessel . From these experiments it ...
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