The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... rise of the Phoenician navigators , the Greeks learned and practised the art of navigating the adjacent seas , although they seem to have trusted almost entirely to the oar as the instrument of propulsion . The celebrated voy- age of ...
... rise of the Phoenician navigators , the Greeks learned and practised the art of navigating the adjacent seas , although they seem to have trusted almost entirely to the oar as the instrument of propulsion . The celebrated voy- age of ...
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... rising , if a table of log . rising be used ; or , 6.301030+ log . haversine hour angle , if a table of haversines be used ; or twice the log . sine of half the hour angle with the same constant log . , if a table of log . sines only be ...
... rising , if a table of log . rising be used ; or , 6.301030+ log . haversine hour angle , if a table of haversines be used ; or twice the log . sine of half the hour angle with the same constant log . , if a table of log . sines only be ...
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... rise of spring tides being 19 feet , denoted by a in Table II . , part 1 , and that of the neap 14 feet , by b . Now , by Table II . , part 1 , to transit 15h 2m , and horizontal pa- rallax 60 ' 30 " , will be obtained 0-917 × 19 + 0 ...
... rise of spring tides being 19 feet , denoted by a in Table II . , part 1 , and that of the neap 14 feet , by b . Now , by Table II . , part 1 , to transit 15h 2m , and horizontal pa- rallax 60 ' 30 " , will be obtained 0-917 × 19 + 0 ...
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... rise and fall is 1557 feet , of which 223 are overcome by locks , and the remaining 1334 by inclined planes . But inclined planes were used on the Ketling Canal in Shropshire in 1789 , and afterwards on the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal ...
... rise and fall is 1557 feet , of which 223 are overcome by locks , and the remaining 1334 by inclined planes . But inclined planes were used on the Ketling Canal in Shropshire in 1789 , and afterwards on the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal ...
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... rise . mahomac to Bonar Quarry . To illustrate this more fully , we shall give a few examples : Thus , on the 23d of June ( on which day the weather hap- pened to be very calm ) , the level of low - water at Meikle- ferry was three ...
... rise . mahomac to Bonar Quarry . To illustrate this more fully , we shall give a few examples : Thus , on the 23d of June ( on which day the weather hap- pened to be very calm ) , the level of low - water at Meikle- ferry was three ...
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