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 475
... means ; though the end which you thus attain be not pointed out , yet the commanding you to employ fuch a feries of means , is evidently the fame as if you were directed to accomplish the purpose to which they tend . Thus , though the ...
... means ; though the end which you thus attain be not pointed out , yet the commanding you to employ fuch a feries of means , is evidently the fame as if you were directed to accomplish the purpose to which they tend . Thus , though the ...
Page 510
... means of water . It de- pends on the following principle , viz . That a ftream of water , running through a pipe , if by any means it is mixed with air at its entrance into the pipe , will carry that air along with it , and part with it ...
... means of water . It de- pends on the following principle , viz . That a ftream of water , running through a pipe , if by any means it is mixed with air at its entrance into the pipe , will carry that air along with it , and part with it ...
Page 662
... means half minutes may be dif- and tinguished , if the hour circle be four inches in dia- meter . Mr Smeaton alfo deferibes a contrivance for preventing the meridian from fhifting after being rec- tified for the latitude of the place ...
... means half minutes may be dif- and tinguished , if the hour circle be four inches in dia- meter . Mr Smeaton alfo deferibes a contrivance for preventing the meridian from fhifting after being rec- tified for the latitude of the place ...
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