Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 523
... force of the wind upon any given furface . It was invented by Dr Linn , who gives the following defcription of it , Phil . Tranf . Vol . LXV . Gage . cluded water is kept from getting out , and the am- Tide - GAGE , is the name of an ...
... force of the wind upon any given furface . It was invented by Dr Linn , who gives the following defcription of it , Phil . Tranf . Vol . LXV . Gage . cluded water is kept from getting out , and the am- Tide - GAGE , is the name of an ...
Page 524
... force equal to the weight of a column of water , having its bafe equal to the altitude of the column of water fuftained by the wind in the wind - gage . Hence the force of the wind upon any body where the furface oppofed to it is known ...
... force equal to the weight of a column of water , having its bafe equal to the altitude of the column of water fuftained by the wind in the wind - gage . Hence the force of the wind upon any body where the furface oppofed to it is known ...
Page 561
... force , to mark thofe which intimate danger , and to blend with all here and there a caft of melancholy . · Greatness is as effential to the character of terror as to that of dignity : vaft efforts in little objects are but ridiculous ...
... force , to mark thofe which intimate danger , and to blend with all here and there a caft of melancholy . · Greatness is as effential to the character of terror as to that of dignity : vaft efforts in little objects are but ridiculous ...
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