The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... continued to publish trea- tises on the art . In 1585 an excellent Compendium was published by Roderico Zamorano , and contributed greatly towards the improvement of the art , particularly in the sea charts . Globes of an improved kind ...
... continued to publish trea- tises on the art . In 1585 an excellent Compendium was published by Roderico Zamorano , and contributed greatly towards the improvement of the art , particularly in the sea charts . Globes of an improved kind ...
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... continued through the subsequent editions as late as the year 1732 . About the year 1645 , Bond published , in Norwood's Epitome , a very great improvement of Wright's method , from a property in his meridian line , whereby the ...
... continued through the subsequent editions as late as the year 1732 . About the year 1645 , Bond published , in Norwood's Epitome , a very great improvement of Wright's method , from a property in his meridian line , whereby the ...
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... continued to the meridian PAQ , the portion of this meridian intercepted between any two consecutive parallels , as cd , will be equal to CK , the distance between the parallels through C and D ; and so on for all . Hence the sum of ...
... continued to the meridian PAQ , the portion of this meridian intercepted between any two consecutive parallels , as cd , will be equal to CK , the distance between the parallels through C and D ; and so on for all . Hence the sum of ...
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... continued to walk on ; but seeing no appearance of its approach by the proper channel , and still hearing the noise gradually increasing , and apparently coming from behind , he turned round and perceived a rapid run of water flowing ...
... continued to walk on ; but seeing no appearance of its approach by the proper channel , and still hearing the noise gradually increasing , and apparently coming from behind , he turned round and perceived a rapid run of water flowing ...
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... continued until the necessary depth was attained . " The buckets of the steam - dredgers , in working along the bottom , always slipped over the head of the large boulders , which the diving - bells alone could lift and re- move . Some ...
... continued until the necessary depth was attained . " The buckets of the steam - dredgers , in working along the bottom , always slipped over the head of the large boulders , which the diving - bells alone could lift and re- move . Some ...
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