The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... means of measuring linear and angular magnitude . Then graduation began to be looked upon as an art which required special talents and training , and hence we find that all the best artists have spent their best efforts on the ...
... means of measuring linear and angular magnitude . Then graduation began to be looked upon as an art which required special talents and training , and hence we find that all the best artists have spent their best efforts on the ...
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... means of the dividing punch guided by a magnifying glass . This is an extremely This is an extremely tedious process , as the dots , when so altered several times , are apt to get insufferably large and shapeless . The division of ...
... means of the dividing punch guided by a magnifying glass . This is an extremely This is an extremely tedious process , as the dots , when so altered several times , are apt to get insufferably large and shapeless . The division of ...
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... means of which the plate could be made to turn through any required angle . Thus six turns of the screw moved the plate through 1 , and th of a turn throughth of a degree . On the axis of the tangent screw was placed a cylinder having a ...
... means of which the plate could be made to turn through any required angle . Thus six turns of the screw moved the plate through 1 , and th of a turn throughth of a degree . On the axis of the tangent screw was placed a cylinder having a ...
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... means adopted by language for expressing the relations of grammar when re- course is not had to composition or simple position . Modes of A systematized exposition of grammar may be intended for the purely practical purpose of teaching ...
... means adopted by language for expressing the relations of grammar when re- course is not had to composition or simple position . Modes of A systematized exposition of grammar may be intended for the purely practical purpose of teaching ...
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... means invariably maintain the rule ; and feminiues like humus and ódós , or masculines like advena and Twoλírŋs , show that there waɛ a time when these stems also indicated no particular gender , but owed their subsequent adaptation ...
... means invariably maintain the rule ; and feminiues like humus and ódós , or masculines like advena and Twoλírŋs , show that there waɛ a time when these stems also indicated no particular gender , but owed their subsequent adaptation ...
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