Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, 18. köideJohn Brown, 1816 |
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... whole veffel ; then the natural bulk of the air will beau , while its bulk , when the elafticity e in the rarefied receiver , was the bulk or capacity w of the veffel . Its denfity therefore correfponding V - w w V to this elafticity e ...
... whole veffel ; then the natural bulk of the air will beau , while its bulk , when the elafticity e in the rarefied receiver , was the bulk or capacity w of the veffel . Its denfity therefore correfponding V - w w V to this elafticity e ...
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... whole denfity is always proportionable to the compreffing force , we can tell what is its denfity at any height above the surface of the earth ; and we can compare the denfity fo calculated with the denfity discovered by obfervation ...
... whole denfity is always proportionable to the compreffing force , we can tell what is its denfity at any height above the surface of the earth ; and we can compare the denfity fo calculated with the denfity discovered by obfervation ...
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... whole preffure on C , arifing from the gravita tion of all the air above it ; but , by the nature of air , this whole preffure is as the denfity which it produces , that is , as cg . Therefore the curve Ege is of fuch a nature that the ...
... whole preffure on C , arifing from the gravita tion of all the air above it ; but , by the nature of air , this whole preffure is as the denfity which it produces , that is , as cg . Therefore the curve Ege is of fuch a nature that the ...
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... whole afcent ; and we may proceed in the fame way for any number of mercurial heights , and make a table of the corresponding elements as follows : where the first column is the height of the mercury in the barometer , the fecond column ...
... whole afcent ; and we may proceed in the fame way for any number of mercurial heights , and make a table of the corresponding elements as follows : where the first column is the height of the mercury in the barometer , the fecond column ...
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... whole ftratum with , obtained fo heavy . It is evident that these varia- precision , and must be contented with an approxi- tions will change the whore refults ; and that it is ration . The beft approximation that we can abfolutely ...
... whole ftratum with , obtained fo heavy . It is evident that these varia- precision , and must be contented with an approxi- tions will change the whore refults ; and that it is ration . The beft approximation that we can abfolutely ...
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