The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1875 |
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... body , settle their laws and constitu- tion , appoint officers , and choose their name . Their officers consisted of a director and a chancellor , both chosen by lot , and a permanent secretary , chosen by votes . They elected besides a ...
... body , settle their laws and constitu- tion , appoint officers , and choose their name . Their officers consisted of a director and a chancellor , both chosen by lot , and a permanent secretary , chosen by votes . They elected besides a ...
Page 80
... body has moved uniformly with its velocity at the end of the interval , then ( since a body moving uniformly for x seconds with a velocity of y feet per second will move through xy feet ) the spaces described in the successive intervals ...
... body has moved uniformly with its velocity at the end of the interval , then ( since a body moving uniformly for x seconds with a velocity of y feet per second will move through xy feet ) the spaces described in the successive intervals ...
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... body commonly called glass , which is chemically a salt of silicic acid . Many other acids resemble silica in properties , and would be mistaken for neutral bodies if the salt - forming power was overlooked . Another method of regarding ...
... body commonly called glass , which is chemically a salt of silicic acid . Many other acids resemble silica in properties , and would be mistaken for neutral bodies if the salt - forming power was overlooked . Another method of regarding ...
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... body , whence the sound proceeds , must have been thrown , by a blow or other means , into a state of agitation or tremor , implying the existence of a vibratory motion , or motion to and fro , of the particles of which it consists ...
... body , whence the sound proceeds , must have been thrown , by a blow or other means , into a state of agitation or tremor , implying the existence of a vibratory motion , or motion to and fro , of the particles of which it consists ...
Page 105
... body falling through a height equal to one half of a length of the chord such as to have a weight equal to the tension . The above may also be put in the form-- V = √ gP W where P is the tension , and w the weight of the unit of length ...
... body falling through a height equal to one half of a length of the chord such as to have a weight equal to the tension . The above may also be put in the form-- V = √ gP W where P is the tension , and w the weight of the unit of length ...
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