Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 439
... small pieces of this com- pofition which had ftrong magnetic powers . largest was about half an inch in breadth , very little longer than broad , and near a quarter of an inch thick . It was not armed , but the ends were power . fully ...
... small pieces of this com- pofition which had ftrong magnetic powers . largest was about half an inch in breadth , very little longer than broad , and near a quarter of an inch thick . It was not armed , but the ends were power . fully ...
Page 444
... small , as in that cafe its influence extends but to a short distance . This tube may be differently conftructed , by placing the needle in a perpendicular direction , on a small axis of iron , on which it must turn quite freely ...
... small , as in that cafe its influence extends but to a short distance . This tube may be differently conftructed , by placing the needle in a perpendicular direction , on a small axis of iron , on which it must turn quite freely ...
Page 445
... small groove in the circular frame D , to receive the pafte- board circle : and obferve , that the dial must be made to turn fo free , that it may go round without moving the circular border in which it is placed . Between the pafte ...
... small groove in the circular frame D , to receive the pafte- board circle : and obferve , that the dial must be made to turn fo free , that it may go round without moving the circular border in which it is placed . Between the pafte ...
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