The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... ascent by Glaisher and Coxwell , who , when at an elevation of 20,000 feet , heard with great distinctness the whistle of a locomotive passing beneath them . PART III . Reflexion and Refraction of Sound . 31. When a wave of sound ...
... ascent by Glaisher and Coxwell , who , when at an elevation of 20,000 feet , heard with great distinctness the whistle of a locomotive passing beneath them . PART III . Reflexion and Refraction of Sound . 31. When a wave of sound ...
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... ascent to political power . For a considerable time dissensions had existed in the ministry ; and these came to a crisis in April 1717 , when those who had been the real chiefs passed into the ranks of the opposition . Townshend was ...
... ascent to political power . For a considerable time dissensions had existed in the ministry ; and these came to a crisis in April 1717 , when those who had been the real chiefs passed into the ranks of the opposition . Townshend was ...
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... ascent of a balloon on a large scale . They accordingly invited the States of Vivarais , then assembled at Annonay , to witness their aerostatic experiment ; and on June 5 , 1783 , in the presence of a considerable concourse of spec ...
... ascent of a balloon on a large scale . They accordingly invited the States of Vivarais , then assembled at Annonay , to witness their aerostatic experiment ; and on June 5 , 1783 , in the presence of a considerable concourse of spec ...
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... Ascent of seven per- sons at Lyons . American to let go , and the balloon being thus so greatly lightened , ascended very rapidly to a height of about 2 miles . After staying in the air about half - an - hour , he descended 3 miles from ...
... Ascent of seven per- sons at Lyons . American to let go , and the balloon being thus so greatly lightened , ascended very rapidly to a height of about 2 miles . After staying in the air about half - an - hour , he descended 3 miles from ...
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... ascent in Italy ( but see Monck Mason's Aeronautica , p . 247 ) . Andreani ascended again on March 13 , with two other persons . On the 2d of March M. Jean Pierre Blanchard , who had been for some years before occupied with projects for ...
... ascent in Italy ( but see Monck Mason's Aeronautica , p . 247 ) . Andreani ascended again on March 13 , with two other persons . On the 2d of March M. Jean Pierre Blanchard , who had been for some years before occupied with projects for ...
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