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 508
... manner . 1. Mike with iron plates a hollow quadrangular prifm , eleven inches broad and nine inch- es high ( aa , bb ) , ending at top in a hollow quadran- gular pyramid ( bb , cc ) feven inches high , terminating in an aperture at top ...
... manner . 1. Mike with iron plates a hollow quadrangular prifm , eleven inches broad and nine inch- es high ( aa , bb ) , ending at top in a hollow quadran- gular pyramid ( bb , cc ) feven inches high , terminating in an aperture at top ...
Page 574
... manner peculiarly graceful ; the Severn , Refidence . here very broad , backed by the wooded and highly cultivated hills of Gloucestershire , Wiltshire , and So merfet hire . Not one rock enters into the compofi- tion . The whole view ...
... manner peculiarly graceful ; the Severn , Refidence . here very broad , backed by the wooded and highly cultivated hills of Gloucestershire , Wiltshire , and So merfet hire . Not one rock enters into the compofi- tion . The whole view ...
Page 643
... manner . The angle COP was observed from O , one end of the bafe ; from the other end the angle OPC ; and from the ftation C the angle OCP : and thus all the angles of the triangle CPO , and the length of one fide OP , being known , the ...
... manner . The angle COP was observed from O , one end of the bafe ; from the other end the angle OPC ; and from the ftation C the angle OCP : and thus all the angles of the triangle CPO , and the length of one fide OP , being known , the ...
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