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 593
... length of the cylinder will give its content in ale - gallons . For example , fuppofe the length of the veffel 32.06 , and the diameter of its base 25 inches ; to find what is the content in ale - gallons ? Right against 25 inches on ...
... length of the cylinder will give its content in ale - gallons . For example , fuppofe the length of the veffel 32.06 , and the diameter of its base 25 inches ; to find what is the content in ale - gallons ? Right against 25 inches on ...
Page 643
... length of the read above mentioned was twice measured , and found to be 5663 toifes and 4 feet in going , and 5663 toifes and 1 foot in returning ; fo that as a greater exactnefs could not be hoped for , 5663 toifes were pitched upon as ...
... length of the read above mentioned was twice measured , and found to be 5663 toifes and 4 feet in going , and 5663 toifes and 1 foot in returning ; fo that as a greater exactnefs could not be hoped for , 5663 toifes were pitched upon as ...
Page 651
... length of your degrees of latitude , you muft next proportion your degrees of longitude to it . By the table you find , that in the latitude of 50 ° the length of a degree of longitude is to one of latitude as 38,57 is to 60 ; that is ...
... length of your degrees of latitude , you muft next proportion your degrees of longitude to it . By the table you find , that in the latitude of 50 ° the length of a degree of longitude is to one of latitude as 38,57 is to 60 ; that is ...
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