The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... vertically to the ground . In the fourth of Galileo's dialogues on mechanics , he demonstrated that the path described by a projectile , being the result of the combination of a uniform transverse motion with a uniformly accelerated ...
... vertically to the ground . In the fourth of Galileo's dialogues on mechanics , he demonstrated that the path described by a projectile , being the result of the combination of a uniform transverse motion with a uniformly accelerated ...
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... vertically under or over the galvanometer , in the magnetic meridian , its north pole of course pointing north . For convenience this magnet should be mounted on a vertical graduated rod , with a rough and a fine adjustment . In ...
... vertically under or over the galvanometer , in the magnetic meridian , its north pole of course pointing north . For convenience this magnet should be mounted on a vertical graduated rod , with a rough and a fine adjustment . In ...
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... vertical wire where greater The sole on which accuracy is desired ) upon a graduated scale . The readings the coil stands is are proportional to double the deflexion of the needle , or movable on a fixed to the tangent of the double ...
... vertical wire where greater The sole on which accuracy is desired ) upon a graduated scale . The readings the coil stands is are proportional to double the deflexion of the needle , or movable on a fixed to the tangent of the double ...
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... vertical coil of wire , with a magnet suspended at its centre , whose deflexion may be read in any of the various ways already described . If the length of the magnet be very small , the magnetic field in its neighbourhood may be ...
... vertical coil of wire , with a magnet suspended at its centre , whose deflexion may be read in any of the various ways already described . If the length of the magnet be very small , the magnetic field in its neighbourhood may be ...
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... vertical , easily splitting by intervening mica Population . The county includes one parliamentary borough , plates , and affording good building stone . Limestone occurs in Galway ; and three townships , Ballinasloe ( part of which is ...
... vertical , easily splitting by intervening mica Population . The county includes one parliamentary borough , plates , and affording good building stone . Limestone occurs in Galway ; and three townships , Ballinasloe ( part of which is ...
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