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 570
... quantity of filth will be a preparation for cloth , or for filling up the veffel con- separated ; and it will be matter of furprise to those taining the strong alkali as it evaporates . who have not made the experiment , to be told ...
... quantity of filth will be a preparation for cloth , or for filling up the veffel con- separated ; and it will be matter of furprise to those taining the strong alkali as it evaporates . who have not made the experiment , to be told ...
Page 767
... quantity of corn in an hour : but fup- posing the mill to be capable of receiving a greater impulse with as great advantage as a leffer ; then , if the corn be let out twice as faft , the fame quantity of water will be ground in half an ...
... quantity of corn in an hour : but fup- posing the mill to be capable of receiving a greater impulse with as great advantage as a leffer ; then , if the corn be let out twice as faft , the fame quantity of water will be ground in half an ...
Page 773
... quantities . 3. If any quantity be divided by another of the fame kind , the quotient becomes abfolute number . Thus , if we divide a velocity of four feet in a second by one of two feet in a second , the quotient will be 2 ; and in all ...
... quantities . 3. If any quantity be divided by another of the fame kind , the quotient becomes abfolute number . Thus , if we divide a velocity of four feet in a second by one of two feet in a second , the quotient will be 2 ; and in all ...
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