The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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Page 29
... four screws in the exterior frame . G is a screw by which the horizon - glass may be set perpendicular to the plane of the instrument . Should this screw become loose , or move too easy , it may be easily tightened by turning the ...
... four screws in the exterior frame . G is a screw by which the horizon - glass may be set perpendicular to the plane of the instrument . Should this screw become loose , or move too easy , it may be easily tightened by turning the ...
Page 34
... four hours of the hour - hand of one of these instruments would exactly correspond with the revolution of the earth about her axis with regard to the mean sun . Time reckoned in mean solar days and parts of mean solar days is called ...
... four hours of the hour - hand of one of these instruments would exactly correspond with the revolution of the earth about her axis with regard to the mean sun . Time reckoned in mean solar days and parts of mean solar days is called ...
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... four hundred dead bodies . " This is no doubt an exaggeration . The same monarch , at the siege of Calais , is stated to have blockaded that port with seven hundred and thirty sail , having on board 14,956 mariners ; twenty - five only ...
... four hundred dead bodies . " This is no doubt an exaggeration . The same monarch , at the siege of Calais , is stated to have blockaded that port with seven hundred and thirty sail , having on board 14,956 mariners ; twenty - five only ...
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... four and a half feet out of the water , which had before been scarcely three feet , and made a ship of this class to stow six months ' provisions instead of three , it was justly considered as a most important improvement ; not less so ...
... four and a half feet out of the water , which had before been scarcely three feet , and made a ship of this class to stow six months ' provisions instead of three , it was justly considered as a most important improvement ; not less so ...
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... four years in a rated ship during war , or six years during peace , or five years in war and peace combined . No person can be appointed to serve as master of one of Her Majesty's ships who shall not have served as second master ; and ...
... four years in a rated ship during war , or six years during peace , or five years in war and peace combined . No person can be appointed to serve as master of one of Her Majesty's ships who shall not have served as second master ; and ...
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