The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... parallel with that plane , necessarily appear to describe right lines ; but when the earth is above or below the equatorial level , the paths of the spots open out into curves turned downwards or up . wards , according to the direction ...
... parallel with that plane , necessarily appear to describe right lines ; but when the earth is above or below the equatorial level , the paths of the spots open out into curves turned downwards or up . wards , according to the direction ...
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... parallel magnets , whose magnetic moments are as nearly as possible equal , and which are turned opposite ways . The whole system is suspended so that one of the magnets swings inside the multiplier and the other over it , as in fig . 2 ...
... parallel magnets , whose magnetic moments are as nearly as possible equal , and which are turned opposite ways . The whole system is suspended so that one of the magnets swings inside the multiplier and the other over it , as in fig . 2 ...
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... parallel to the windings . If the multiplier be movable about a vertical axis through angles which can be measured in any way , the instrument may be used as a sine compass . The current is applied and the multiplier turned round after ...
... parallel to the windings . If the multiplier be movable about a vertical axis through angles which can be measured in any way , the instrument may be used as a sine compass . The current is applied and the multiplier turned round after ...
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... parallel to West Bay are known as avenues , and are designated by the letters of the alphabet , beginning at the bay , while those at right angles to the water are numbered . Special names are assigned to some of the streets . Avenue A ...
... parallel to West Bay are known as avenues , and are designated by the letters of the alphabet , beginning at the bay , while those at right angles to the water are numbered . Special names are assigned to some of the streets . Avenue A ...
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... parallel streets , from which others diverge in various direc- tions . A great fire which occurred in 1854 was taken ad- vantage of for the carrying out of improvements in the old part of the town , and it is now much less crowded than ...
... parallel streets , from which others diverge in various direc- tions . A great fire which occurred in 1854 was taken ad- vantage of for the carrying out of improvements in the old part of the town , and it is now much less crowded than ...
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