The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 25. köideThomas Spencer Baynes Werner Company, 1895 |
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... give some general idea of his distribution of seasons over the surface of the globe . The numbers are calculated on the supposi- tion that the obliquity of the ecliptic was 23 ° 51 20 " , to which , according to the theory of Laplace ...
... give some general idea of his distribution of seasons over the surface of the globe . The numbers are calculated on the supposi- tion that the obliquity of the ecliptic was 23 ° 51 20 " , to which , according to the theory of Laplace ...
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... gives a modest but vivid description of the battle , the importance of which has been overshadowed by Plassy . In spite of ... give the office of souba , or viceroy of Bengal , Behar , and Orissa , to Jaffier , who was to pay a million ...
... gives a modest but vivid description of the battle , the importance of which has been overshadowed by Plassy . In spite of ... give the office of souba , or viceroy of Bengal , Behar , and Orissa , to Jaffier , who was to pay a million ...
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... give the impulse . This is an imitation of the chronometer escapement in watches which is sometimes called the " detached . " There are only two of such contrivances which appear worth special notice . One was proposed by Sir G. Airy in ...
... give the impulse . This is an imitation of the chronometer escapement in watches which is sometimes called the " detached . " There are only two of such contrivances which appear worth special notice . One was proposed by Sir G. Airy in ...
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... give a constant impulse to the pendulum , and be nearly free from friction , has been for a century the great problem of clock- making . We can do no more than shortly notice a very few of the attempts which have been made to solve it ...
... give a constant impulse to the pendulum , and be nearly free from friction , has been for a century the great problem of clock- making . We can do no more than shortly notice a very few of the attempts which have been made to solve it ...
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... give not less but more trouble than the mathematical , and are only approximate after all , and also do not explain themselves , or convey any knowledge of the principle to those who use them . For all wheels that are to work together ...
... give not less but more trouble than the mathematical , and are only approximate after all , and also do not explain themselves , or convey any knowledge of the principle to those who use them . For all wheels that are to work together ...
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