Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 447
... common way . The needle muft be a magnetic bar , Compafs blunt at each end ; the glafs and cover are put on in the common way . " This is not an opinion taken up at random , but is the refult of what appears to have been a fair and ju ...
... common way . The needle muft be a magnetic bar , Compafs blunt at each end ; the glafs and cover are put on in the common way . " This is not an opinion taken up at random , but is the refult of what appears to have been a fair and ju ...
Page 561
... common matter , there will be the fame , or at least a fi . milar , fuperiority of attraction acting on the fluid re- fiding in the circumambient bodies ; and there will be an influx from all hands , till an equilibrium be restored ...
... common matter , there will be the fame , or at least a fi . milar , fuperiority of attraction acting on the fluid re- fiding in the circumambient bodies ; and there will be an influx from all hands , till an equilibrium be restored ...
Page 809
... common centre of pofition has defcribed CD . If the bodies are unclaftic , they remain united , and proceed in the line CD produ- eed toward E , and their common velocity will be repre- fented by DE , equal to CD , if AD and BD ...
... common centre of pofition has defcribed CD . If the bodies are unclaftic , they remain united , and proceed in the line CD produ- eed toward E , and their common velocity will be repre- fented by DE , equal to CD , if AD and BD ...
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action alfo almoft alſo appear atmoſphere attraction ball becauſe body cafe caufe cauſe chimney Chineſe circumftances colour conductor confequence confiderable confidered confifts defcribed demonftrated difcovered diftance electric fluid electrometer electrophorus Encycl equal experiments expreffed faid fame fays fcience fecond feems feen feparated feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fide filk fimilar fimple firft fituation fmall fome fometimes foon force fquare ftate ftill ftudy fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed furely furface fyftem glafs himſelf inches increaſe inftance inftrument itſelf laft lefs manner meaſure moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary neral obferved occafion oppofite paffed particle perfon phenomena philofophers plate poffible pofition prefent preffure prefs produced Profeffor propofition proportion publiſhed purpoſe quantity reafon redundant fluid refpect reft refult rendered reprefented repulfion ſmall ſpace ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tricity univerfity uſed veffel velocity weft whofe whole