The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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... angle of Spain , now divided into the provinces of Coruña , Lugo , Orense , and Pontevedra , lies between 41 ° 51 ′ and 43 ° 47 ′ N. lat . , 6 ° 50 ′ and 9 ° 16 ′ W. long . , and is bounded on bounded on the N. and W. by the Bay of ...
... angle of Spain , now divided into the provinces of Coruña , Lugo , Orense , and Pontevedra , lies between 41 ° 51 ′ and 43 ° 47 ′ N. lat . , 6 ° 50 ′ and 9 ° 16 ′ W. long . , and is bounded on bounded on the N. and W. by the Bay of ...
Page 51
... angle of rotation of the coil about a vertical FIG . 4. - Astatic multiplier . axis ; this is useful when the galvanometer has to be graduated or corrected for the torsion of the fibre . In the galvanometers of Sir William Thomson ...
... angle of rotation of the coil about a vertical FIG . 4. - Astatic multiplier . axis ; this is useful when the galvanometer has to be graduated or corrected for the torsion of the fibre . In the galvanometers of Sir William Thomson ...
Page 52
... 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 the magnet until the axis of the latter is again parallel to the windings . The ...
... 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 the magnet until the axis of the latter is again parallel to the windings . The ...
Page 53
... angle @ with that when the needle is parallel to the windings . It is easy to see that this may be done by means of the arrangement described above for inding the constant of a galvanometer . If the object simply is to alibrate the ...
... angle @ with that when the needle is parallel to the windings . It is easy to see that this may be done by means of the arrangement described above for inding the constant of a galvanometer . If the object simply is to alibrate the ...
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... angle of it consists of rich and fertile districts , such as Murshidábád , Nadiyá , Jessor , and the 24 Parganás . But towards its southern base , resting on the sea , the country sinks into a series of great swamps , intercepted by a ...
... angle of it consists of rich and fertile districts , such as Murshidábád , Nadiyá , Jessor , and the 24 Parganás . But towards its southern base , resting on the sea , the country sinks into a series of great swamps , intercepted by a ...
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