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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... matter " implies the continuance of motion , as well as the permanence of rest ; and that the substance of the ... matters of science . A vigorous but ineffectual warfare had already been waged against the blind traditions of the schools ...
... matter " implies the continuance of motion , as well as the permanence of rest ; and that the substance of the ... matters of science . A vigorous but ineffectual warfare had already been waged against the blind traditions of the schools ...
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... matter on the smooth bark Aphide . Coccus pinicorticis causes the growth of patches of young trees of the white pine in America.14 The galls of examples of the last family are common objects on lime- leaves , and on the petioles of the ...
... matter on the smooth bark Aphide . Coccus pinicorticis causes the growth of patches of young trees of the white pine in America.14 The galls of examples of the last family are common objects on lime- leaves , and on the petioles of the ...
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... matter is so great that further reduction of the section of the wire simply increases the resistance without enabling us to pack more turns into the same space . In general the section of the wire ought to be chosen with reference to ...
... matter is so great that further reduction of the section of the wire simply increases the resistance without enabling us to pack more turns into the same space . In general the section of the wire ought to be chosen with reference to ...
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... matter of indifference , and there is no necessity for the needle to be short . Gaugain attempted to improve the tangent galvanometer by suspending the magnet ex- centrically at a point in the axis of the coil distant from the centre by ...
... matter of indifference , and there is no necessity for the needle to be short . Gaugain attempted to improve the tangent galvanometer by suspending the magnet ex- centrically at a point in the axis of the coil distant from the centre by ...
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... matter which made this embassy a thing of such peculiar moment . Henry was then parti- cularly anxious to cement his alliance with Francis I. , and gain his co - operation as far as possible in the object on which he had secretly set ...
... matter which made this embassy a thing of such peculiar moment . Henry was then parti- cularly anxious to cement his alliance with Francis I. , and gain his co - operation as far as possible in the object on which he had secretly set ...
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