Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 17. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 553
... pressure of the outward cold air endeavouring to get in to supply the place of the warm air that now paffes out of the room to go up the chimney . In our common open chimneys , half the fuel is walted , and its effect loft ; the air it ...
... pressure of the outward cold air endeavouring to get in to supply the place of the warm air that now paffes out of the room to go up the chimney . In our common open chimneys , half the fuel is walted , and its effect loft ; the air it ...
Page 555
... pressure and friction must be continually supplied with oil , which it confumes very quickly . It is not fufficient that it be from time to time fmeared with an oiled feather ; there must be an iron cup formed round the focket , and ...
... pressure and friction must be continually supplied with oil , which it confumes very quickly . It is not fufficient that it be from time to time fmeared with an oiled feather ; there must be an iron cup formed round the focket , and ...
Page 765
... pressure on the pi- fton in any other position , fuch as KL or DC , by KI and Dc , the ordinates of a rectangular hyperbola F / c , of which AE , AB are the affymptotes , and A the centre . The accumulated preffure during the motion of ...
... pressure on the pi- fton in any other position , fuch as KL or DC , by KI and Dc , the ordinates of a rectangular hyperbola F / c , of which AE , AB are the affymptotes , and A the centre . The accumulated preffure during the motion of ...
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