The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... remains unchallenged . Having shown how to find the place of the ship upon his chart , Wright observed that the same might be per- formed more accurately by calculation ; but considering , as he says , that the latitudes , and ...
... remains unchallenged . Having shown how to find the place of the ship upon his chart , Wright observed that the same might be per- formed more accurately by calculation ; but considering , as he says , that the latitudes , and ...
Page 50
... remains only to explain the method of calculating the time of high water at a given place . As the tides depend upon the joint actions of the sun and moon , and therefore upon the distance of these objects from the earth and from each ...
... remains only to explain the method of calculating the time of high water at a given place . As the tides depend upon the joint actions of the sun and moon , and therefore upon the distance of these objects from the earth and from each ...
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... remains within a few inches of the same level for several 1 Report by James Jardine , C.E. hours , and its maximum range is reduced to about one - half of what it is further seaward , while at the junction of the Oykell and Cassley it ...
... remains within a few inches of the same level for several 1 Report by James Jardine , C.E. hours , and its maximum range is reduced to about one - half of what it is further seaward , while at the junction of the Oykell and Cassley it ...
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... remains nearly the same , or at least is not so notably altered as sensibly to increase the height to which the high - water rises ; and by this fortunate compensative action our rivers , though their beds are opened up and improved ...
... remains nearly the same , or at least is not so notably altered as sensibly to increase the height to which the high - water rises ; and by this fortunate compensative action our rivers , though their beds are opened up and improved ...
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... remains suffi- ciently long in one position to form for itself a properly defined bed , but is in fact always in a transition state ; the sand which is worn from the concave being thrown to the convex side of the stream , while some ...
... remains suffi- ciently long in one position to form for itself a properly defined bed , but is in fact always in a transition state ; the sand which is worn from the concave being thrown to the convex side of the stream , while some ...
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