The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... construction , and absorbed comparatively little capital . The great majority were laid by private companies , and the Government confined itself to establishing lines in districts not likely to attract private capital . In 1879 ...
... construction , and absorbed comparatively little capital . The great majority were laid by private companies , and the Government confined itself to establishing lines in districts not likely to attract private capital . In 1879 ...
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... construction of a complete mental clue or master - key to the intricacies of the real world , but this key is still the counterpart of the world it enables us to control and explain . - To describe the process by which such insight is ...
... construction of a complete mental clue or master - key to the intricacies of the real world , but this key is still the counterpart of the world it enables us to control and explain . - To describe the process by which such insight is ...
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... construction for finding the chord of half an arc from the chord of the are itself . By means of the foregoing theorems , since we know the chords of 72 ° and of 60 ° , we can find the chord of 12 ° ; we can then find the chords of 6o ...
... construction for finding the chord of half an arc from the chord of the are itself . By means of the foregoing theorems , since we know the chords of 72 ° and of 60 ° , we can find the chord of 12 ° ; we can then find the chords of 6o ...
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... construction of a map as to give results differing widely from the truth . The southern limit of the world as known to Eratosthenes , and even to Strabo ( who had in this respect no further knowledge than his predecessor more than two ...
... construction of a map as to give results differing widely from the truth . The southern limit of the world as known to Eratosthenes , and even to Strabo ( who had in this respect no further knowledge than his predecessor more than two ...
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... the real parallel of the Cape de Verd Islands . In regard to the mathematical construction , or , to use the modern phrase , the projection of his maps , not only was Ptolemy phrase ) " geographize " a country , Ptolemy deals 94 PTOLEMY.
... the real parallel of the Cape de Verd Islands . In regard to the mathematical construction , or , to use the modern phrase , the projection of his maps , not only was Ptolemy phrase ) " geographize " a country , Ptolemy deals 94 PTOLEMY.
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